SUMMARY: Simple NFS automounter question

From: John Deacon <jrd_at_star.ucl.ac.uk>
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 1996 16:18:59 +0000 (GMT)

Hi,

I'd set up two 3000/400s as NIS master and slave and then had a problem
getting the automounter to work and getting the maps pushed from the master
to the slave.

Thanks to Andy Phillips (atp_at_mssly1.mssl.ucl.ac.uk) for coming up with
the incantation to solve the problem:
   
>> The master maps are /etc/auto.master and /etc/auto.direct for direct
>> mounting and they're linked to /var/yp/src but if I try to push them
>> to the slave it tells me that it's updated the maps but won't push
>> them. If I log on to the slave and use ypxfr to pull the maps over
>
> The solution is to log onto the slave server, and pull the
> maps across by hand. This has to be done only once, and is
> automatic from then on.
> e.g.
> slave# pwd
> /var/yp/
> slave# ./ypxfr -f -h master auto.master
> slave# ./ypxfr -f -h master auto.home
>

I did this and everything seems to be working fine now.

Thanks also to

Donald Ritchey (dritchey_at_cecc.chi.gov)
Jim Wright (jwright_at_phys.ucsf.edu)
Ray Bellis (Ray.Bellis_at_phys.ox.ac.uk)
Michael Galloway (mgx_at_soar.epm.ornl.gov)

for their suggestions.


John Deacon
UCL Starlink Manager.
Received on Fri Jan 19 1996 - 19:29:31 NZDT

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