NIS, automounting, Solaris and headaches

[Tom Buskey]

Mark Komarinski said:

>Ah ha.  NIS is populated with all direct maps.  The script I found
>converts the direct maps to indirect maps (located under /-)
>The old company I was at used indirect maps.

There's a reason you didn't use direct maps.  NIS works better with 
indirect maps.  If you're using direct maps on SunOS (not Solaris), the 
only way to unmount/mount (for an updated NIS map) is to reboot.  If 
you have indirect maps, it'll work pretty well.

In addition, direct maps have a very slight performance penalty, 
probabaly not enough to worry about.

I had a SunOS/Solaris/HP-UX/Network Appliance environment.  The previous
admin liked direct maps on individual machines.  He also liked
complicated solutions. I eventually switched everything to indirect maps
managed by NIS.  To keep the users happy, I created symbolic links to
the new location. Kludgy IMO, but it worked for the users.  The systems
were much easier to manage & we grew from 30-40 machines to 100-120.

>
>Unfortunately, NIS has been soooo horribly mismanaged for the past 10 years
>that it will take me a long time to clean up.  At least I know
>where the end point should be.
>
>Thx.
>
>-Mark
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