Using auto.master will break NIS+ (and possibly sql-based nsswich modules, if there are any in real use), which uses auto_master since "." is used as the namespace heirarchy separator. If you're going to assume a name, you may want to see if there's a per-nameservice way of specifying the map/schema/table to look up. -Peter On Tue, Jun 20, 2006 at 12:07:10PM +0800, Ian Kent wrote: > Hi all, > > Another beta. > > A few changes since beta4. > > Please find a little time to check this out. > > autofs > ====== > > The package can be found at: > > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/daemons/autofs/v5 > > It is autofs-5.0.0_beta5.tar.[gz|bz2] > > No source rpm is there as it can be produced by using: > > rpmbuild -ts autofs-5.0.0_beta5.tar.gz > > and the binary rpm by using: > > rpmbuild -tb autofs-5.0.0_beta5.tar.gz > > See the INSTALL file for information about configure options and > kernel requirements. > > Here are the entries from the CHANGELOG which outline the updates: > > 20/6/2006 autofs-5.0.0_beta5 > ---------------------------- > - re-instate v4 directory cleanup. > - backout master map lookup changes made to beta3. > - change default master map from /etc/auto.master to auto.master > so that we always use nsswitch to locate master map. > - change default installed master map to include "+auto.master" > to pickup NIS master map. > - correct config names in default.c (jpro@xxxxxxxxx). > - check base of offset mount tree is not a mount before umounting > its offsets. > - fix replicated mount parse for case where last name in list > fails lookup. > - correct indirect mount expire broken by the wildcard lookup fix. > - fix up multi-mount handling when wildcard map entry present. > - fix mutex not being unlocked on map read. > - fix rpc routines not logging errors. > - fix handling of invalid directory for nobrowse hosts map lookup. > - add free for working var in get_default_logging. > - add inialisation for kver in autofs_point struct. > - fix sources list corruption in check_update_map_sources. > - fix memory leak in walk_tree. > - fix memory leak in rpc_portmap_getport and rpc_ping_proto. > - fix memory leak in initialisation of lookup modules. > - fix handling of master map entry update. > - fix program map handling of invalid multi-mount offsets. > - move autofs4 module loading back to init script. > - add export access list matching to "hosts" lookup module. > - add check for key length to long (Jeff Moyer). > - add patch to restrict /proc lookup to pid directories (Jeff Moyer). > - fix directory cleanup at exit. > > Ian > > _______________________________________________ > autofs mailing list > autofs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://linux.kernel.org/mailman/listinfo/autofs -- The 5 year plan: In five years we'll make up another plan. Or just re-use this one. - 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
