Nis Map and linux

Hi all
I'm facing on an issue. So I need your help.
I have a NIS server on Sun Solaris. I currently using direct and indirect
NIS map.
for example: On my NIS server ( Solaris Operating System)
- on /etc/nis/auto_master file
/home auto_home -rw,intr,nosuid
/- auto_direct

- on /etc/nis/auto_home
* nfsserver:/export/home/&


- on /etc/nis/auto_direct
/usr/local -rw,soft,bg nfsserver:/usr/local/


On a Sun NIS client, I always add in /etc/auto_master the line +auto_master.
And modify the /etc/nsswitch.conf, to take care of NIS automount.

But, I'm not able to automount indirect file system from NIS map on a RedHat
Operating System.
for example: on the /etc/auto.master file
/home yp:auto.home
/- auto.direct this line doesn't work on Linux


Can you please help me?
Cheers

Vincent Aaron wrote:
> But, I'm not able to automount indirect file system from NIS map on a RedHat
> Operating System.
> for example: on the /etc/auto.master file
> /home yp:auto.home
> /- auto.direct this line doesn't work on Linux
>

A couple of things, do you have an /etc/yp.conf file? If so, does it
contain your ypservers?

2) Do you have domainname set? What about ypdomainname?

3) I found, through experimentation, that /etc/auto.master should be in
this form. This might not exactly answer your question, but was how I
integrated a linux box into a Solaris auto.home NIS installation:

/home yp auto.home --timeout 60

Vincent Aaron <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> But, I'm not able to automount indirect file system from NIS map on a RedHat
> Operating System.
> for example: on the /etc/auto.master file
> /home yp:auto.home
> /- auto.direct this line doesn't work on Linux

As Michael wrote, you're using incorrect syntax for _indirect_
map. And as I can recall, direct maps are not supported by autofs
(at least they weren't supported three years ago). You might
try to use am-utils instead.

Check this page: http://geocities.com/ivanov_andrei/nis/

--
andrei