FreeBSD Quarterly Status Report - Second Quarter 2014

[Edward Tomasz Napierała]

On 0725T1019, Cy Schubert wrote:
> In message <20140724183353.GL1065 at hub.FreeBSD.org>, Glen Barber writes:
> > New Automounter
> > 
> >    Contact: Edward Tomasz Napieral/a <trasz at FreeBSD.org>
> > 
> >    Deficiencies in the current automounter, amd(8), are a recurring
> >    problem reported by many FreeBSD users. A new automounter is being
> >    developed to address these concerns.
> > 
> >    The automounter is a cleanroom implementation of functionality
> >    available in most other Unix systems, using proper kernel support
> >    implemented via an autofs filesystem. The automounter supports a
> >    standard map format, and will integrate with the Lightweight Directory
> >    Access Protocol (LDAP) service.
> 
> Will it also integrate with NIS (as SunOS and Solaris do)? FreeBSD's amd 
> currently integrates with NIS as well.

It's just a matter of testing, apart from a trivial shell script.
Would you be able to help me with this?