Nfs automount direct map

Hello,

I need to use nfs with automount.

Nfs is ok now (work with mount and fstab)

Automount is ok with indirect map but not with direct map.

[root@linux etc]# cat auto.master
/- /etc/auto.direct --timeout=60


[root@linux etc]# cat auto.direct
/rep -fstype=nfs,soft,rw server.domain:/rep


At automount start, there is no error messages

Dec 8 15:16:38 linux automount[29584]: starting automounter version 3.1.7,
path = /-, maptype = file, mapname = /etc/auto.direct
Dec 8 15:16:38 linux automount[29584]: using kernel protocol version 3


but i can't go to /rep/1




with indirect map:

[root@linux etc]# cat auto.master
/tmp /etc/auto.direct --timeout=60
[root@linux etc]# cat auto.indirect
rep -fstype=nfs,soft,rw server.domain:/rep

i can go to /tmp/rep and mtab is ok


I forgot something for direct map ?
Is it working on fedora ?


Thanks a lot.

Valery Lang <valery.lang@(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> I forgot something for direct map ?
> Is it working on fedora ?

Direct maps are not supported by autofs (at least they weren't
supported three years ago). You might try to use am-utils instead.

--
andrei

(E-Mail Removed) (Andrei Ivanov) wrote in message news:<br5ohv$28vad1$(E-Mail Removed)>...
> Valery Lang <valery.lang@(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> > I forgot something for direct map ?
> > Is it working on fedora ?
>
> Direct maps are not supported by autofs (at least they weren't
> supported three years ago). You might try to use am-utils instead.

Haven't looked since I've returned to my computer -- was away from any
for 6 months (yes, it is possible to do it and survive).

Autofs on Linux is structured in such a way that it has no built-in
support for direct maps, but am-utils will NOT help because it cannot
set up the first stage to build the direct maps.

Direct maps are not encouraged on Solaris, anyway, as they are rather
fragile and difficult to administer after any physical changes.

Hopped over to the am-utils site and found the story has not changed:

# -*- text -*-
# This file is README.autofs
# am-utils-6.1
# Erez Zadok <(E-Mail Removed)> a.k.a. "The Lord of Darkness"
#
# modified by
# Ion Badulescu <(E-Mail Removed)> a.k.a. "The Autofs Master"

** General notes about the autofs support in am-utils
<snip>

* Caveats:
<snip>
Linux:
<snip> _about half way down_prg
- Direct maps cannot be supported since there is no kernel support for
them;
we might be able to get something eventually, but don't hold your
breath.
If anything, we may do it using a regular NFS mountpoint and
bind-mount on
top of it.

The gory details are buried in the kernel, and as he says, "don't hold
your breath".

HTH,
prg
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