Re: Automounter to dump maps

[Ian Kent <raven@themaw.net>]

Jeff Moyer wrote:
> Ondrej Valousek <webserv@s3group.cz> writes:
> 
>> Hi Ian / all,
>>
>> Is there any way to make automounter dump maps it sees? I was just
>> thinking about it - with files / NIS / program backend it is not much
>> needed but it could be quite helpful with ldap backend - restarting
>> automounter with verbose logging is not too practical in the
>> production environment.
>>
>> I would imagine either some small standalone program using autofs
>> internals which would dump all (or certain specified) maps or running
>> a second instance of autofs (with some parameter) which would not
>> mount anything and just dump the maps and exits.
>>
>> Is this a completely misplaced idea or is there a way to achieve this
>> functionality now?
> 
> Well, back in the autofs4 days, when way too much logic was put into the
> init script, we basically had to do this.  ;-)  See the --dumpmap switch
> in v4.  I can see that it could be a useful aid for administrators to
> ensure that their maps look like they think they do, especially with
> nsswitch and included maps, and those pesky null maps.

Well, there you go.
This sounds like a +1 in favour to me.

Ian