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autofs5 is a major update with lots of code changes and new features.
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Most of the changes enhance the functionality to be more compliant
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with current industry standards.
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Here is a list of the most important changes:
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Differences v4 vs. v5
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- Master map is now read and parsed by the `automount' daemon
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- The master map default is "auto.master" and nsswitch is used to
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locate it. The line "+auto.master" has been added to the default
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installed "/etc/auto.master" to ensure that those using NIS will
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still find their master map. This is in line with other industry
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automount implementations.
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- The `automount' daemon is now a multi-threaded application
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- `autofs' filesystem mounts only appear in /proc/mounts and not
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/etc/mtab.
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- `autofs' version 5.0.0 will refuse to run if it cannot find an
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autofs4 kernel module that supports protocol version 5.00 or above.
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- mount options present in the master map are now overridden by mount
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options in map entries instead of being accumulated. This behaviour
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is in line with other industry automount implementations.
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New features in v5
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- improved direct mount map support
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- `+' map inclusion
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- added nsswitch map source support
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- rewrote multi-mount map code
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- added LDAP encryption and authentication support
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- improved shutdown and restart
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- a "hosts" map module has been added
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Update hints
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Since autofs now uses nsswitch to locate the master map, the
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sysconfig variable NISMASTERMAP is obsolete.
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Also the UNDERSCORETODOT parameter is not support anymore.
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Some new sysconfig parameters are available, please take
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a look to /etc/sysconfig/autofs.
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Note also, that the old Suse config syntax style is not
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supported anymore. If you had a configuration like
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/mnt yp auto.home [options]
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you'll have to change this to
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/mnt yp:auto.home [options]
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