Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 08:41:31 -0700 From: Jim Pirzyk <Jim.Pirzyk@disney.com> To: rbg@ipperformance.com, jedgar@fxp.org Cc: Jim.Pirzyk@disney.com, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: AutoFS on FreeBSD Message-ID: <00102508420101.01988@snoopy.fan.fa.disney.com> In-Reply-To: <20001024.201203.23008724.rbg@ipperformance.com> References: <00102417462400.00469@snoopy.fan.fa.disney.com> <20001024205222.A99340@peitho.fxp.org> <20001024.201203.23008724.rbg@ipperformance.com>
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On Tue, 24 Oct 2000, rbg@ipperformance.com wrote: > No, I think he means the kernel VFS layer based AutoFS... ala SUN > which was ported to AIX and I'm sure a bunch more platforms.. SGI and Linux too. - JimP > > > On Tue, 24 Oct 2000 20:52:22 -0400 you said: > > On Tue, Oct 24, 2000 at 05:24:06PM -0700, Jim Pirzyk wrote: > > > I was wondering if there is anyone working on AutoFS for FreeBSD. We > > > currently have 4 studios with around 1000 unix systems of all kinds. > > > Currently there are only 2 OSes that do not have autofs, FreeBSD and one > > > that is known for its number crunching capabilties (and those are being > > > phased out of production). Amd will not meet our needs because of the > > > use of sym links. This is why AutoFS was written in the first place. > > > I quote the 1993 USENIX paper on AutoFS (check > > > http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/cinci93/full_papers/callaghan.txt > > > for the full paper). > > > > > > > Do you mean amd(8)? > > > > AMD(8) FreeBSD System Manager's Manual AMD(8) > > > > NAME > > amd - automatically mount file systems > > > > ... > > > > DESCRIPTION > > Amd is a daemon that automatically mounts filesystems whenever a file or > > directory within that filesystem is accessed. Filesystems are automati- > > cally unmounted when they appear to be quiescent. > > > > ... > > > > HISTORY > > The amd utility first appeared in 4.4BSD. > > > > BSD April 19, 1994 3 > > > > > > -- > > Chris D. Faulhaber - jedgar@fxp.org - jedgar@FreeBSD.org > > -------------------------------------------------------- > > FreeBSD: The Power To Serve - http://www.FreeBSD.org > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > _____________________________________________________________ > Robert Gordon rbg@ipperf.com > IP Performance, Inc > Austin, Texas. <http://www.ipperf.com>; -- --- @(#) $Id: dot.signature,v 1.9 2000/07/10 16:43:05 pirzyk Exp $ __o Jim.Pirzyk@disney.com ------------------------------------- _'\<,_ Senior Systems Engineer, Walt Disney Feature Animation (*)/ (*) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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