AutoFS With LDAP Support Release Notes

AutoFS With LDAP Support
Announcement
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1 AutoFS With LDAP Support
Announcement
AutoFS is a client-side service that supports automatic mounting and unmounting of file
systems when users request access to them. If an automounted file system has been idle for a
period of time, AutoFS unmounts it. LDAP is a directory service that stores information to be
retrieved by clients throughout a network.
Support for storing and managing AutoFS maps in an LDAP directory server requires a
functionality enhancement in LDAP-UX Client Services and an enablement in AutoFS. The
LDAP-UX Integration product version B.04.00 supports the automount service under the
AutoFS subsystem. This product also provides the migration scripts that can be used to
migrate AutoFS maps from files, NIS+ servers or NIS servers into an LDAP directory server.
AutoFS patch PHNE_33100 for HP-UX 11i v2 provides support for retrieving AutoFS maps
from an LDAP database. The upcoming release of Enhanced AutoFS version B.11.11.0509.1
will provide the same functionality for HP-UX 11i v1.
The LDAP-UX Integration product supports the new automount schema defined in RFC
2307-bis. This schema defines new automountMap and automount structures to represent
the AutoFS maps and their entries in the LDAP directory. The nisObject automount schema
defines nisMap and nisObject structures to represent the AutoFS maps and their entries in
the LDAP directory. The nisObject automount schema can be used if configured via attribute
mappings. LDAP-UX does not support the obsolete automount schema which is shipped with
Netscape Directory Server 6.x. For details, refer to the “Automount Schemas” section of
Chapter 2 of the LDAP-UX Client Services B.04.00 Administrator’s Guide available at the
following web site:
http://docs.hp.com/hpux/internet