multihomed NFS automounts.

[Jeremy A. Rosengren]

Ian Kent wrote:
> On Fri, 20 Aug 2004, Jason L Tibbitts III wrote:
> 
> 
>>>>>>>"JAR" == Jeremy A Rosengren <jeremy at rosengren.org> writes:
>>
>>JAR> project1	fileserver1,fileserver2:/vol/vol0/data/project1
>>
>>JAR> Question #3: Is this really supported and I just didn't find the
>>JAR> magic incantation?
>>
>>If you do "man 5 autofs" and look for "Replicated Server", does that
>>do what you're looking for?
>>
>>   Replicated Server
>>         Multiple replicated hosts, same path:
>>         <path> host1,host2,hostn:/path/path
>>
>>         Multiple hosts, some with same path, some with another
>>         <path> host1,host2:/blah host3:/some/other/path
>>
>>         Multiple replicated hosts, different (potentially) paths:
>>         <path> host1:/path/pathA host2:/path/pathB
>>
>>         Mutliple weighted, replicated hosts same path:
>>         <path> host1(5),host2(6),host3(1):/path/path
>>
>>         Multiple weighted, replicated hosts different (potentially) paths:
>>         <path> host1(3):/path/pathA host2(5):/path/pathB
> 
> 
> Well how do you like that. I don't even remember updating the man page.
> 
> You need to be a little careful here as this work is fairly recent. There 
> were several difficulties with that were fixed along the way.
> 
> Jeff Moyer has the latest rpms on his people page at
> 
> http://people.redhat.com/~jmoyer
> 
> If you have problems then the autofs list is the place to get help.
> 
> http://linux.kernel.org/mailman/listinfo/autofs

Excellent information, thanks!  I was having some problems with the 
autofs-4.1.3 package that was in rawhide as of a few days ago -- some of 
my multiple-host automounts seemed to be picking the first host, while 
other automounts that also listed the same hosts were working correctly. 
  I'll start tracking Jeff Moyer's packages and the autofs list.

Thanks!

-- jeremy