From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Michael Blandford Subject: Re: Autofs picking first server from the automounter map all the time Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 13:52:13 -0700 Sender: autofs-bounces@linux.kernel.org Message-ID: <4092BC7D.2080703@sedona.intel.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: autofs-bounces@linux.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: "Patel, Rahulkumar [NJ]" Cc: "'autofs@linux.kernel.org'" Patel, Rahulkumar [NJ] wrote: >Hi, >I have following entry defined in the automounter map. >But, when I try to access it all the time it pick last server defined for >that mount. > >perl -ro,soft,nosuid,noquota,intr server1:/vol/vol1/software/perl >server2:/vol/vol1/software/perl. > > >When I cd /home/perl --> All the time I connect to server2. > >I am running autofs-3.1.7-21. > > Autofs 3.x and autofs 4.0.x didn't have real support for replicated server. It simply picks the first server in the list. Autofs 4.1.x does include support for replicated server. You should upgrade and test. Michael Disclaimer: The content of this message is my personal opinion only and although I am an employee of Intel, the statements I make here in no way represent Intel's position on the issue, nor am I authorized to speak on behalf of Intel on this matter.