From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Simon Gao Subject: Re: basedn in /etc/sysconfig/autofs Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:44:01 -0700 Message-ID: <46E082B1.7060909@schrodinger.com> References: <46DE1128.2020109@oracle.com> <1188994602.3119.5.camel@raven.themaw.net> <46DEEAC4.80100@schrodinger.com> <1189048182.3102.5.camel@raven.themaw.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: 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: Jeff Moyer Cc: autofs@linux.kernel.org, Ian Kent Jeff Moyer wrote: > Ian Kent 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