From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Simon Gao Subject: Re: basedn in /etc/sysconfig/autofs Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2007 10:43:32 -0700 Message-ID: <46DEEAC4.80100@schrodinger.com> References: <46DE1128.2020109@oracle.com> <1188994602.3119.5.camel@raven.themaw.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1188994602.3119.5.camel@raven.themaw.net> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: autofs-bounces@linux.kernel.org Errors-To: autofs-bounces@linux.kernel.org To: Ian Kent Cc: autofs@linux.kernel.org Ian Kent wrote: > On Wed, 2007-09-05 at 10:15 +0800, wengang wang wrote: > >> Hi, >> A custom complained that: >> //<== >> In RHEL4 it was possible to set a "basedn" variable in the >> /etc/sysconfig/autofs file which served as a basedn for LDAP lookups >> performed by the automounter. >> >> However, this has been removed in RHEL5. >> //<== >> It is true that setting it in /etc/openldap/ldap.conf is an alternative, >> > > No. > > >> the custom doesn't want do as that because /etc/openldap/ldap.conf is >> automatically edited by the redhat config tools authconfig and >> system-config-authentication. >> So I want to know for what the basedn is removed from >> /etc/sysconfig/autofs. I checked all the change logs and readmes in >> autofs-5.0.1, but didn't find basedn metioned. >> > > In version 5 the base dn is calculated, depending on how you specify the > map. > > Describe the problem and I'll try and give a sensible answer. > > Ian > I also have a related question about basedn in /etc/sysconfig/autofs. You can put in root level basedn like "dc=example,dc=com", or more lower level like "ou=autofs,ou=services,dc=example,dc=com". Would later case help the search by being more specific and therefore getting autofs map lot quicker? Or it makes not significant difference? Simon