Initial NIS+ setup: autofs map config ?

From: John Courcoul (john.courcoul_at_mac.com)
Date: 09/24/04 

Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 13:32:57 -0500

Hi,

I'm trying to set up a small number of SunBlades in a lab environment,
with the users having all their stuff in a SunFire server, with NIS+ as
the naming service.

Before populating the NIS+ tables on the newly configured root server,
I'd like to make sure I've got them right so I won't have to start
correcting and reloading from the start.

For the automounter to work, what maps do I have to load in the NIS+
space? The default auto_master comes set up like this:

  # Master map for automounter
  #
  +auto_master
  /net -hosts -nosuid,nobrowse
  /home auto_home -nobrowse
  /xfn -xfn

Do I have to remove the "+auto_master" entry on the file that
nispopulate is going to load?

On the "blank" default auto_home map:

  # Home directory map for automounter
  #
  +auto_home

Do I have to add a line for each and every user ? Like:

  joeuser theserver:/export/home/joeuser

Or is there some shortcut notation to tell it to look for joeuser's home
directory under theserver:/export/home ? Also on this subject, does that
mean that a new entry has to be added to the auto_home map every time a
new user is added ? Finally, do all home directories have to be right
under /home ? Or can you have subdirectories, like /home/dept1/joeuser ?

Thanks,

J. Courcoul

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