Re: autofs and terminal networks woes.

[Chris Fanning <christopher.fanning@gmail.com>]

Hi Ian,

> Versions?
> 
4.1.3-9

> Perhaps you need to use ://thinclient_ip/fd

So, do you suggest I upgrade?
When might 4.1.4 be available for debian testing?
Should I download the source instead?
Thanks for your excelent work and time.

Chris.


On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 21:39:32 +0800 (WST), raven@themaw.net
<raven@themaw.net> wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Feb 2005, Chris Fanning wrote:
> 
> Versions?
> 
> >
> > So I setup the samba server on the thinclient to accept guest without password
> > (I read somewhere that this was necessary for autofs).
> 
> Probably because we don't have user credentials.
> 
> >
> > more /etc/auto.terminals
> > floppy  -fstype=smbfs,guest,fmask=666,dmask=777        ://a_thinclient_ip/fd
> > and it works!
> >
> > However, I think I need to use an external script (you call that a
> > map?) that produces this output
> > a_thinclient_ip   -fstype=smbfs,guest,fmask=666,dmask=777
> > /floppy thinclient_ip:/fd
> >
> > I have manually added this to auto.smb to test it and it doesn't work.
> >
> > So my question here is why?
> > floppy  -fstype=smbfs,guest,fmask=666,dmask=777
> > ://a_thinclient_ip/fd  (this mounts)
> > a_thinclient_ip   -fstype=smbfs,guest,fmask=666,dmask=777
> > /floppy thinclient_ip:/fd   (this doesn't)
>            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Doesn't look like an smb name?
> 
> Perhaps you need to use ://thinclient_ip/fd
> But then that will only work (I hope) with the 4.1.4 beta.
> 
> Ian
> 
>