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From: iglesias@draco.acs.uci.edu (Mike Iglesias)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: Re: Auto-mounter
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Date: 24 Mar 91 03:26:38 GMT
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In article <5513@vela.acs.oakland.edu> schemers@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Roland Schemers III) writes:
>Hello! I'm looking into an NFS auto mounter for Ultrix. Two
>questions:
>
>1. Does the one that comes with Ultrix require yellow pages to 
>   be running ? (we are using bind/hesiod)

No.  You can use a local file, YP, or both to drive automount.

>2. Is there a PD version out there on gatekeeper or uunet?

Yes, on usc.edu you can get amd.  It's supposed to be better than
automount, but I haven't tried it yet.


Mike Iglesias
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