Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 20:12:03 -0500 (CDT) From: rbg@ipperformance.com To: jedgar@fxp.org Cc: Jim.Pirzyk@disney.com, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: AutoFS on FreeBSD Message-ID: <20001024.201203.23008724.rbg@ipperformance.com> In-Reply-To: <20001024205222.A99340@peitho.fxp.org> References: <00102417462400.00469@snoopy.fan.fa.disney.com> <20001024205222.A99340@peitho.fxp.org>
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No, I think he means the kernel VFS layer based AutoFS... ala SUN which was ported to AIX and I'm sure a bunch more platforms.. > On Tue, 24 Oct 2000 20:52:22 -0400 you said: > On Tue, Oct 24, 2000 at 05:24:06PM -0700, Jim Pirzyk wrote: > > I was wondering if there is anyone working on AutoFS for FreeBSD. We > > currently have 4 studios with around 1000 unix systems of all kinds. > > Currently there are only 2 OSes that do not have autofs, FreeBSD and one > > that is known for its number crunching capabilties (and those are being > > phased out of production). Amd will not meet our needs because of the > > use of sym links. This is why AutoFS was written in the first place. > > I quote the 1993 USENIX paper on AutoFS (check > > http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/cinci93/full_papers/callaghan.txt > > for the full paper). > > > > Do you mean amd(8)? > > AMD(8) FreeBSD System Manager's Manual AMD(8) > > NAME > amd - automatically mount file systems > > ... > > DESCRIPTION > Amd is a daemon that automatically mounts filesystems whenever a file or > directory within that filesystem is accessed. Filesystems are automati- > cally unmounted when they appear to be quiescent. > > ... > > HISTORY > The amd utility first appeared in 4.4BSD. > > BSD April 19, 1994 3 > > > -- > Chris D. Faulhaber - jedgar@fxp.org - jedgar@FreeBSD.org > -------------------------------------------------------- > FreeBSD: The Power To Serve - http://www.FreeBSD.org > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message _____________________________________________________________ Robert Gordon rbg@ipperf.com IP Performance, Inc Austin, Texas. <http://www.ipperf.com>; To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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