Hi all, I've finally got to a point where I can release a beta of autofs 5.0.0. I would really appreciate some real world testing of this so I hope some of you are able to help. Feedback is welcome. autofs ====== For the moment the package can be found at: ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/daemons/autofs/v4 It is autofs-5.0.0_beta1.tar.[gz|bz2] No source rpm is there as it can be produced by using: rpmbuild -ts autofs-5.0.0_beta1.tar.gz and the binary rpm by using: rpmbuild -tb autofs-5.0.0_beta1.tar.gz See the INSTALL file for information about configure options and kernel requirements. I have no way to test the Gentoo portage build and the build files will need to be modified for beta1. It would be great if someone could get this working and forward a patch before the final release. Here is the README.v5.release which outlines the changes: autofs-5.0.0 beta1 release notes ================================ Differences between version 4 and version 5. - Master map is now read and parsed by the `automount' daemon - the parameters for the `automount' daemon are now very different. See automount(8). - The `automount' daemon is now a multi-threaded application and so appears as a single process (unless a thread process display option is used). - `autofs' filesystem mounts only appear in /proc/mounts and not /etc/mtab. If you have a large number of entries in a direct mount map and link /etc/mtab to /proc/mounts you may see performance degradation. - `autofs' version 5.0.0 will refuse to run if it cannot find an autofs4 kernel module that supports protocol version 5.00 or above. New in 5.0.0 is: - improved direct mount map support - single level map entries now work as expected. - top level directory of direct mount heirachy no longer obscurses directory tree below. - `+' map inclusion - maps preceded by a `+' in file maps may now be included inline. - implemented for the master map and mount maps. - added nsswitch map source support - is now used to locate maps if no map source is given in their specification. - is used for bothe master map and mount maps. - rewrote multi-mount map code - multi-mount map entry offsets now mount and expire indpendently instead of having to mount and umount all offset entries at once. - added LDAP encryption and authentication support - needs to be enabled using a configure option. - a configuration file specifies whether encryption and authentication is to be used (see INSTALL and auto.master(5) for more information). - improved shutdown and restart - needs to be enabled using a configure option. - see INSTALL for more information. - a "hosts" map module has been added - an entry like "/net -hosts" is now understood and uses the new multi-mount semantics for lazy mount/umount of exports from the host. - the implementation is quite simple minded at this stage and will need refinment. It just iterates through the host table and addes any host names it finds to the internal map. Things not yet done =================== - I have no way to test the Gentoo setup here anymore so it is unlikey to work. Patches from anyone who needs this are welcome. - the underscore to dot translation has not been added yet. - there's a problen with the calcuation of the best host in replicated server selection. - all the things I've broken and not re-tested after further development! Ian - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
