[geeks] /net with linux autofs 3.x?

Bill Bradford mrbill at mrbill.net
Tue Apr 12 11:48:07 CDT 2005


On Tue, Apr 12, 2005 at 10:03:27AM -0500, Mike Parson wrote:
> > E.g., I'd like to be able to 'cd /net/otherhost' without otherhost
> > being speficially named in a map.
> Edit /etc/auto.master, make sure autofs is running?
> That's how I did it years ago, but I've not used it in 4+ years.

Nope, AutoFS 3.x doesn't support a Sun-style /net (e.g., "-hosts" on
Solaris).  I'm having to upgrade to AutoFS4, but found a way to build the
kernel module without having to rebuild the entire kernel.

Bill

-- 
bill bradford
houston, texas



More information about the geeks mailing list