Xref: utzoo comp.unix.wizards:19574 comp.protocols.nfs:576 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!ukc!icdoc!tgould.doc!jsp From: jsp@doc.ic.ac.uk (Jan-Simon Pendry) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards,comp.protocols.nfs Subject: ``Amd'' - An Automounter Message-ID: Date: 1 Dec 89 16:18:51 GMT Sender: news@doc.ic.ac.uk Organization: Department of Computing, Imperial College, London Lines: 68 ``Amd'' is now available. Amd is a value-added replacement for the SunOS 4 automount(8) program. Though based on that program in spirit, it contains no proprietary UN*X source code. Amd is NOT in the Public Domain. It is distributed under terms similar to the Berkeley Networking release. The version being distributed is release 5.1b. Versions distributed by Berkeley will have a BSD SCCS Id. Versions distributed by me do not. Check the time stamps to determine the lineage. Amd is believed to work correctly on Sun-3's (SunOS 3.5 and 4.0), Sun-4's (SunOS 4.0), HP-9000/300 (HP-UX 6.x & MORE/bsd), IBM RT PCs (ACIS 4.3), VAXen (Ultrix 2.2, 3.0 & MORE/bsd), Mac-II (A/UX), Orion 1/05 (OTS) and Acorn Archimedes (RISC iX). It may work on other UN*X variants -- please feel free to try a port, but be sure to send me a record of the changes you had to make. There has been a high demand for pre-release versions of Amd so this first release is being made as widely available as possible. Amd can be obtained through any of the following channels: 1. On the Internet Amd is available via anonymous FTP from host usc.edu, file "/pub/amd/amd.tar.Z". The LaTeX documentation is also available preformatted in PostScript in the file "/pub/amd/amd-doc.PS.Z". 2. In the UK on JANET or PSS via Public NIFTP from host uk.ac.ic.doc.src file "Amd/amd.tar.Z". The documentation is also available in PostScript in the file "Amd/amd-doc.PS.Z". 3. Within the UK *only* via email from info-server@doc.ic.ac.uk. Send a message with the body: topic: sources request: amd topic: end 4. On EUnet Amd is available from mcsun.eu.net: 4a. On InterEUnet Amd is available via anonymous FTP from host mcsun.eu.net, file "amd-5.1.1.5.tar.Z". 4b. Dutch users *only* can pick it up via UUCP from site hp4nl, file "amd-5.1.1.5.tar.Z". 4c. Other EUnet users will have to ask their national backbone site to fetch it either by FTP or UUCP from mcsun. 5. Amd has been submitted to comp.sources.unix. 6. Elsewhere - I guess you need to ask someone covered by 1-5 to get you a copy. Tape distributions are available within the UK - more details from the info-server. Please forward *all* bug reports to Jan-Simon Pendry by email or <..ukc!icdoc!jsp> quoting the details of the release and your configuration, which can be obtained by running the command "amd -v". Thanks. Since this is the first general release the documentation may not be fully up to date or complete. If you have any questions do not hesitate to send email. The Amd configuration language compiler will be released in due course. -- Jan-Simon. Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com