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Date:      Mon, 5 May 1997 12:16:02 +0200 (MET DST)
From:      Robert Eckardt <roberte@mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de>
To:        witr@rwwa.com (Robert Withrow)
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: AMD option to take master map from NIS?
Message-ID:  <199705051016.MAA02962@beta.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de>
In-Reply-To: <199705042328.TAA00921@spooky.rwwa.com> from Robert Withrow at "4. May. 97 19:24:48"
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> Looking at the AMD code I see there used to be an option that would
> take the master map from NIS directly, instead of the current way
> which requires you ``ypcat'' it as an argument to the program.
> 
> This ``ypcat'' method is a real drag if you have a large quantity
> of direct mounts.  (And I know direct mounts suck, but I didn't
> create the maps, ok?).  Start of AMD takes honking-big amounts
> of memory and process slots with this method.

Never did it with ypcat.
amd (2.1.7R from packages) works right out of the box with NIS/YP.

I use:
amd -r /home amd.home /mounted_homes amd.mounted_homes

with the NIS maps `amd.home' and `amd.mounted_homes'

> With direct access to the master map things will only get mounted
> when they are accessed, and this will greatly conserve system resources.

I did the 2 step mount to NFS-mount the FS of the home-dirs
once per machine and not once per user.

> Also, it is a hell of a lot easier to administer.

Yup.

> So, is there any way to get this code back?  Are we useing the most current
> AMD?  What is the status of AMD anyway?
> 
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Robert Withrow, Tel: +1 617 592 8935, Net: witr@rwwa.COM

Ciao,
Robert

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