Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:00:12 +0100 From: Hans Ottevanger <hans@beastielabs.net> To: Rick Macklem <rmacklem@uoguelph.ca> Cc: Current FreeBSD <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, "O. Hartmann" <ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de> Subject: Re: amd: is there an alternative with NFSv4 capabilities? Message-ID: <4F1D219C.9000909@beastielabs.net> In-Reply-To: <1642456771.665100.1327113309598.JavaMail.root@erie.cs.uoguelph.ca> References: <1642456771.665100.1327113309598.JavaMail.root@erie.cs.uoguelph.ca>
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On 01/21/12 03:35, Rick Macklem wrote: > O. Hartmann wrote: >> Hello. >> I still use the amd automounter, but I miss NFSv4 capabilities. Since >> Linux seems to use a more deep in the kernel located facility, I'd >> like >> to ask whether FreeBSd has an alternative to the amd automounter with >> NFSv4 capabilities. Sorry if I bother someone, I'm not aware of an >> alternative and it maybe the case that I'm stuck with the amd ... >> >> Cheers, >> Oliver > > I'm not aware of anything, but maybe someone else knows of an alternative? > > On my "maybe it would be nice" list (not my "to do" list, because I'll never > get around to it) was to look at the Solaris' AutoFS. I believe Apple > switched to it and has found it worked well in Mac OSX. I suspect that there > are OpenSolaris sources for it out there under the CDDL, but I haven't even > checked that. > > So, if anyone is looking for an interesting project, this might be a nice one. > (I could probably provide some help with it, if someone took it on.) > AutoFS for FreeBSD was the topic of a GSoC 2006 project and results seem to be presented at BSDCan 2007, see: http://www.bsdcan.org/2007/schedule/events/32.en.html (The presentation has a .ppt extension, but is actually a pdf). Despite plans, to my knowledge nothing ever happened with the results. As far as I remember, the code is viewable in Perforce, but not (easily) down loadable by mere mortals, and probably quite stale by now. I concur that having a real AutoFS, integrated with NFSv4 and fully inter operable with Linux and Solaris (and Mac OS-X ?) would be really nice to have, especially for scientific and engineering environments. Kind regards, Hans Ottevanger
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