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From: mathisen@dali.cs.montana.edu (Jaye Mathisen)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: Re: Ultrix 4.0 and automount
Keywords: automount YP Ultrix-4.0
Message-ID: <2692@dali>
Date: 18 Oct 90 13:45:12 GMT
References: <1990Oct17.095700@madmax.Viewlogic.COM>
Organization: Montana State University, Dept. of Computer Science, Bozeman MT 59717
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In article <1990Oct17.095700@madmax.Viewlogic.COM> kenc@madmax.Viewlogic.COM (Kenstir) writes:
>I am running Ultrix 4.0 on a DECstation 3000 as a YP client.
>Automount seemed to cause my machine to get into an infamous (and infinite)
>"NFS server pid666@/u not responding still trying" wait.
>Are there any patches to 4.0 automount yet, or is it simply not
>advisable to run it, especially under YP?




Definitely don't run it.  It's currently a piece of junk.  I tried using
it for using home directories, with maps of several hundred entries, and
automount just couldn't handle it, and gave the same errors.

A while back, I posted a message to comp.unix.admin asking how other admins
set up their home dirs.  I mentioned that I had tried DEC's automount.  I got
back about 15 replies from people suggesting that I not use DEC's automounter.

Several of those people suggested getting amd, which is available via
anonymous ftp from usc.edu in /pub/amd (I think).  I've got it, but haven't
tried it yet.