Migation autofs to ldap

[Iain Rae]

Neal D. Becker wrote:

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>>Can anyone help me with migrating autofs to ldap?  I tried the migration
>>script /usr/share/openldap/migration/migrate_automount.pl.  Am I doing
>>something wrong, or is there a problem with the script?
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>>To test, I added this line to /etc/auto.master:
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>>/test   ldap:rpppc1.md.hns.com:ou=auto.test,dc=adg,dc=hns,dc=com
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>OK, I answered my own question.  It was NOT EASY to find the answer!
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>The syntax should be:
>/test   ldap://rpppc1.md.hns.com/nisMapName=auto.test,dc=adg,dc=hns,dc=com 
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If it's any help this seems to work for me


LDIF of auto.master on server (RH9)
dn: nisMapName=auto.master,dc=zathras,dc=org
objectClass: top
objectClass: nisMap
nisMapName: auto.master
 
dn: cn=/misc,nisMapName=auto.master,dc=zathras,dc=org
objectClass: nisObject
cn: /misc
nisMapEntry: /etc/auto.misc --timeout=60
nisMapName: auto.master
 
dn: cn=/home,nisMapName=auto.master,dc=zathras,dc=org
objectClass: nisObject
cn: /home
nisMapEntry: ldap:glorious:nisMapName=auto.home,dc=zathras,dc=org
nisMapName: auto.master
 
dn: cn=/packages,nisMapName=auto.master,dc=zathras,dc=org
objectClass: nisObject
cn: /packages
nisMapName: auto.master
nisMapEntry: ldap:glorious:nisMapName=auto.packages,dc=zathras,dc=org


LDIF of auto.home on server( most home directories  are on /export/home 
except for the ~redhat)
dn: nisMapName=auto.home,dc=zathras,dc=org
objectClass: top
objectClass: nisMap
nisMapName: auto.home
 
dn: cn=/,nisMapName=auto.home,dc=zathras,dc=org
objectClass: nisObject
nisMapEntry: glorious.zathras.org:/export/home/&
nisMapName: auto.home
cn: /
 
dn: cn=redhat,nisMapName=auto.home,dc=zathras,dc=org
objectClass: nisObject
cn: redhat
nisMapEntry: glorious:/export/home1/&
nisMapName: auto.home




{on client (FC1)]
[iainr at victorious tmp]$ more /etc/auto.master
# $Id: auto.master,v 1.2 1997/10/06 21:52:03 hpa Exp $
# Sample auto.master file
# Format of this file:
# mountpoint map options
# For details of the format look at autofs(8).
# /misc /etc/auto.misc  --timeout=60



nsswitch.conf has
automount:  files ldap