From: Michael Blandford <mlblandf@sedona.ch.intel.com>
To: Clif Smith <kernel@cjs226.com>
Cc: autofs@linux.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Problem with NIS maps
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 08:43:33 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <41349CA5.6030105@sedona.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4133F97E.8060509@cjs226.com>
Clif Smith wrote:
> I'm in a large heterogeneous environment located across multiple
> locations. I use NIS maps such as:
> /home -rw austin:/export/home boston:/export/home phoenix:/export/home
>
> with the following in /etc/auto.master:
> /nis yp auto_indirect_nis
>
> With AIX and Solaris, automounter chooses the server with the fewest
> hops to determine which server to mount from. Unfortunately, it appears
> Suse's 8.1 implementation of automounter (v3.1.7-556) seems to choose
> the first listed.
>
> Has anyone run into this before?
Yes, it is called replicated server.
It is supported in the autofs-4.1.x family. You should upgrade.
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.
Michael
prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-08-31 15:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-08-31 4:07 Problem with NIS maps Clif Smith
2004-08-31 13:13 ` Ian Kent
2004-09-01 12:54 ` Ryan Go
2004-09-01 15:03 ` Ian Kent
2004-09-01 20:36 ` Clif J. Smith
2004-09-04 4:06 ` raven
2004-08-31 15:43 ` Michael Blandford [this message]
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