Map file search list question

Map file search list question

[Peter Schmidt]

(Sorry if this turns up as a double post as I first tried to post from a non list account)

I think what I want is provided by the replicated server feature but I can't get it to work.

I want to search multiple map files that refer to the same mount point.
e.g  in the auto.master file can I do something like:

/home   yp:auto.home1,ldap:nisMapName=auto.home2,ou=mygroup,o=mycompany

If it can't find the entry in auto.home1 then query auto.home2

Re: Map file search list question

[Ian Kent]

On Thu, 2008-11-13 at 14:23 -0800, Peter Schmidt wrote:
> (Sorry if this turns up as a double post as I first tried to post from a non list account)
> 
> I think what I want is provided by the replicated server feature but I can't get it to work.
> 
> I want to search multiple map files that refer to the same mount point.
> e.g  in the auto.master file can I do something like:
> 
> /home   yp:auto.home1,ldap:nisMapName=auto.home2,ou=mygroup,o=mycompany
> 
> If it can't find the entry in auto.home1 then query auto.home2

Maybe something like (the old method):
/home   multi: yp:auto.home1 -- ldap:nisMapName=auto.home2,ou=mygroup,o=mycompany

should do it.

But you should also be able to use:
In /etc/nsswitch.conf
automount: files nis ldap

and in /etc/auto.master:
/home /etc/auto.home

and in /etc/auto.home
+auto.home1
+auto.home2

If entries in your maps are all fully qualified you should be able to
set "automount: files" in /etc/nsswitch and in /etc/auto.home do:
+yp:auto.home1
+ldap:nisMapName=auto.home2,ou=mygroup,o=mycompany

Ian

Re: Map file search list question

[Peter Schmidt]

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Re: Map file search list question

[Ian Kent]

On Mon, 2008-11-17 at 09:16 -0800, Peter Schmidt wrote:
> Ian Kent wrote: 
> > On Thu, 2008-11-13 at 14:23 -0800, Peter Schmidt wrote:
> >   
> > > (Sorry if this turns up as a double post as I first tried to post from a non list account)
> > > 
> > > I think what I want is provided by the replicated server feature but I can't get it to work.
> > > 
> > > I want to search multiple map files that refer to the same mount point.
> > > e.g  in the auto.master file can I do something like:
> > > 
> > > /home   yp:auto.home1,ldap:nisMapName=auto.home2,ou=mygroup,o=mycompany
> > > 
> > > If it can't find the entry in auto.home1 then query auto.home2
> > >     
> > 
> > Maybe something like (the old method):
> > /home   multi: yp:auto.home1 -- ldap:nisMapName=auto.home2,ou=mygroup,o=mycompany
> > 
> > should do it.
> > 
> > But you should also be able to use:
> > In /etc/nsswitch.conf
> > automount: files nis ldap
> > 
> > and in /etc/auto.master:
> > /home /etc/auto.home
> > 
> > and in /etc/auto.home
> > +auto.home1
> > +auto.home2
> > 
> > If entries in your maps are all fully qualified you should be able to
> > set "automount: files" in /etc/nsswitch and in /etc/auto.home do:
> > +yp:auto.home1
> > +ldap:nisMapName=auto.home2,ou=mygroup,o=mycompany
> > 
> > Ian
> > 
> > 
> >   
> Ian, neither of these work.   Looks like the first suggestion is
> supposed to work with autofs 4 & the second is supported in autofs 5?
> I'm running rhel4 update 7 which has both autofs 4.1.3-234 &
> 5.0.1-0.rc2.88 installed.
> 
> Any other suggestions that I could try?

The first should work with both versions of autofs but I think there was
an outstanding bug with multiple map lookups in rev 88 for autofs5.

How about providing a debug of this for v4.
See http://people.redhat.com/jmoyer for tips on providing this and post
your maps.

Ian