From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 7 15:43:00 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 882B31065673 for ; Thu, 7 May 2009 15:43:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prvs=371a3d7c5=pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com) Received: from ip-relay-002.utdallas.edu (ip-relay-002.utdallas.edu [129.110.20.112]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 576848FC1C for ; Thu, 7 May 2009 15:43:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prvs=371a3d7c5=pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com) X-Group: RELAYLIST X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.40,311,1238994000"; d="scan'208";a="10601473" Received: from smtp3.utdallas.edu ([129.110.20.110]) by ip-relay-002.utdallas.edu with ESMTP; 07 May 2009 10:14:25 -0500 Received: from utd65257.utdallas.edu (utd65257.utdallas.edu [129.110.3.28]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp3.utdallas.edu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2AC458506; Thu, 7 May 2009 10:14:25 -0500 (CDT) Date: Thu, 07 May 2009 15:14:24 +0000 From: Paul Schmehl To: Michel Talon , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20090507035523.GA6073@lpthe.jussieu.fr> References: <20090507035523.GA6073@lpthe.jussieu.fr> X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.6 (Linux/x86) X-Munged-Reply-To: Figure it out MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Cc: Subject: Re: Autofs howto X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Paul Schmehl List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 07 May 2009 15:43:01 -0000 --On Wednesday, May 06, 2009 22:55:23 -0500 Michel Talon wrote: > > Paul Schmehl wrote: > >> I'm wondering if I can use autofs on FreeBSD. Last time I asked the >> question someone said I need amd, which I found rather cryptic. > > Indeed it is cryptic, let me gave an example which works: > > niobe% cat /etc/amd.conf > [global] > auto_dir = /.amd > log_file = /var/log/amd.log > log_options = error,fatal,user > map_type = file > search_path = /etc > [/Cd] > map_name = amd.cdrom ># For nfs mounts > [/Net] > map_name = amd.net > > > > niobe% cat /etc/amd.cdrom > cdrom type:=cdfs;opts:=ro,nosuid;dev:=/dev/acd0;fs:=${autodir}/cdrom > > > niobe% cat /etc/amd.net > /defaults type:=host;fs:=${autodir}/${rhost};rhost:=${key} > * opts:=rw,grpid,resvport,nosuid,nodev,soft > > Now some comments. I use amd without options so it just uses > /etc/amd.conf to configure itself. When you try to access /Cd > it uses the configuration in /etc/amd.cdrom, and if you try to access > /Net it uses the configuration in /etc/amd.net. > > Finally if you try to access /Net/ada for example, the key is ada, and > so is the remote host. It is queried for NFS mounts and everything is > mounted. After > niobe% cd /Net/ada > i have: > niobe% df > ... > ada:/ada 36196652 26972064 7356232 79% /.amd/ada/ada > ada:/ada1 287391356 246682696 26109996 90% /.amd/ada/ada1 > ada:/ada2 288362876 180649856 93064956 66% /.amd/ada/ada2 > ada:/ada3 99188500 80794628 13273960 86% /.amd/ada/ada3 > ada:/adm 36204684 1682772 32653156 5% /.amd/ada/adm > > Note that autodir is /.amd and fs is ${autodir}/${rhost} as you can > see. > > Getting out of /Net/ada those mounts are unmounted. > > I hope this helps explaining some of the mysteries of amd. > Indeed it does, and I thank you very much for that example. -- Paul Schmehl, Senior Infosec Analyst As if it wasn't already obvious, my opinions are my own and not those of my employer. ******************************************* Check the headers before clicking on Reply.