Re: basedn in /etc/sysconfig/autofs

[Simon Gao <gao@schrodinger.com>]

Jeff Moyer wrote:
> Ian Kent <raven@themaw.net> writes:
>
>   
>> On Wed, 2007-09-05 at 10:43 -0700, Simon Gao wrote:
>>     
>>> 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?
>>>       
>> This configuration option is RHEL4 specific.
>> I would need to revisit that code to answer that.
>> Perhaps Jeff will be able to help.
>>     
>
> Well, since it is the search base, yes, confining it more will limit
> the scope of the search.
>
> -Jeff
>   
So for autofs 5.0.1 on RHEL 5, one can add basedn line to
/etc/sysconfig/autofs? Just curious what's the reason to remove it or
not include it as default in the first place?

Simon