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Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2020 11:17:48 +0200 In-Reply-To: <20200309172637.GB83139@rancor.immure.com> Cc: Cy Schubert , freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Ed Maste , current To: Bob Willcox References: <20200203232333.GA37109@rancor.immure.com> <20200204.085435.139942824021996563.yasu@utahime.org> <20200204154650.GA39757@rancor.immure.com> <20200204161505.GN1309@albert.catwhisker.org> <20200308172301.GF59792@rancor.immure.com> <23042BDF-0E61-4AF1-A95F-E8134D705A42@cschubert.com> <20200309172637.GB83139@rancor.immure.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3445.9.1) X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 48c8dF5fMFz4SdM X-Spamd-Bar: --- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=cs.huji.ac.il header.s=57791128 header.b=fjNsY0bg; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=huji.ac.il; spf=none (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of danny@cs.huji.ac.il has no SPF policy when checking 132.65.116.210) smtp.mailfrom=danny@cs.huji.ac.il X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-3.59 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[cs.huji.ac.il:s=57791128]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; MV_CASE(0.50)[]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[multipart/alternative,text/plain]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_FIVE(0.00)[5]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[cs.huji.ac.il:+]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[huji.ac.il,none]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[210.116.65.132.list.dnswl.org : 127.0.10.0]; R_SPF_NA(0.00)[]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; SUBJECT_ENDS_QUESTION(1.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+,1:+,2:~]; ASN(0.00)[asn:378, ipnet:132.64.0.0/13, country:IL]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; IP_SCORE(-2.29)[ip: (-5.93), ipnet: 132.64.0.0/13(-3.10), asn: 378(-2.48), country: IL(0.05)]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.29 X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2020 09:17:56 -0000 > On 9 Mar 2020, at 19:26, Bob Willcox wrote: >=20 > On Mon, Mar 09, 2020 at 08:35:58AM -0700, Cy Schubert wrote: >> On March 9, 2020 7:49:34 AM PDT, Ed Maste wrote: >>> On Sun, 8 Mar 2020 at 13:23, Bob Willcox wrote: >>>>=20 >>>> Thanks for the tip! That worked for me. I guess from reading the >>> documentation >>>> I didn't pick up on staying with the symlinks and simply changing >>> host to net. >>>=20 >>> Glad it's working for you! Is there anything else that you found >>> tricky or surprising in migrating? Perhaps we could produce a >>> quick-reference transition guide. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list >>> https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >>> "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>=20 >> /net and indirect maps should be simple conversations. Direct maps = may or may not be easy. Autofs doesn't support nested direct maps like = amd does. You may need to mount elsewhere or use /net with symlinks. >>=20 >> We do have a port as well. The port will be retired after a = reasonable amount of time to allow people to convert. Amd upstream has = told me he no longer supports amd. His advice is to use autofs. >=20 > Yes, and I considered installing the amd port but that just seemed = like I'd be postponing > the inevitable. Since I had a simple use case of just using symlinks = to about four of my > remote filesystems, switching from using the /host symlink to the /net = symlink was pretty > easy. >=20 >=20 > --=20 > Bob Willcox | It's possible that the whole purpose of your life is = to > bob@immure.com | serve as a warning to others. > Austin, TX | > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org = mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current = > To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org = =E2=80=9D short version: www.cs.huji.ac.il/~danny/autofs.py = is a python script that = converts old hesiod based am-utils maps to autofs and has been in used for several years now. long version: we have been using amd (later am-utils) since sunos days, when we moved = to BSD, there was no NIS support, so we switched to hesiod (clever move then since we were all the time = getting =E2=80=99NIS server not responding=E2=80=99) with am-utils we had some issues, so when autofs finally made it to = Linux, and then to FreeBSD, it has been very solid indeed!=20 BTW, autofs is heavily used here, for home directories, binaries etc. my 2cents. danny