From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 23 09:22:04 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 476221065679 for ; Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:22:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hans@beastielabs.net) Received: from mail.beastielabs.net (beasties.demon.nl [82.161.3.114]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E2128FC12 for ; Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:22:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from merom.hotsoft.nl (merom.hotsoft.nl [192.168.0.12]) by mail.beastielabs.net (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q0N90CEw088848; Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:00:12 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from hans@beastielabs.net) Message-ID: <4F1D219C.9000909@beastielabs.net> Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:00:12 +0100 From: Hans Ottevanger User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:9.0) Gecko/20111224 Thunderbird/9.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rick Macklem References: <1642456771.665100.1327113309598.JavaMail.root@erie.cs.uoguelph.ca> In-Reply-To: <1642456771.665100.1327113309598.JavaMail.root@erie.cs.uoguelph.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Current FreeBSD , "O. Hartmann" Subject: Re: amd: is there an alternative with NFSv4 capabilities? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:22:04 -0000 On 01/21/12 03:35, Rick Macklem wrote: > O. Hartmann wrote: >> Hello. >> I still use the amd automounter, but I miss NFSv4 capabilities. Since >> Linux seems to use a more deep in the kernel located facility, I'd >> like >> to ask whether FreeBSd has an alternative to the amd automounter with >> NFSv4 capabilities. Sorry if I bother someone, I'm not aware of an >> alternative and it maybe the case that I'm stuck with the amd ... >> >> Cheers, >> Oliver > > I'm not aware of anything, but maybe someone else knows of an alternative? > > On my "maybe it would be nice" list (not my "to do" list, because I'll never > get around to it) was to look at the Solaris' AutoFS. I believe Apple > switched to it and has found it worked well in Mac OSX. I suspect that there > are OpenSolaris sources for it out there under the CDDL, but I haven't even > checked that. > > So, if anyone is looking for an interesting project, this might be a nice one. > (I could probably provide some help with it, if someone took it on.) > AutoFS for FreeBSD was the topic of a GSoC 2006 project and results seem to be presented at BSDCan 2007, see: http://www.bsdcan.org/2007/schedule/events/32.en.html (The presentation has a .ppt extension, but is actually a pdf). Despite plans, to my knowledge nothing ever happened with the results. As far as I remember, the code is viewable in Perforce, but not (easily) down loadable by mere mortals, and probably quite stale by now. I concur that having a real AutoFS, integrated with NFSv4 and fully inter operable with Linux and Solaris (and Mac OS-X ?) would be really nice to have, especially for scientific and engineering environments. Kind regards, Hans Ottevanger