From: seth vidal Subject: Re: recursive NFS export of mounted ISO images Date: 23 Oct 2002 16:19:32 -0400 Sender: nfs-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <1035404373.31676.36.camel@opus> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-lnmSX3QDCGphMLxVx6xb" Cc: nfs@lists.sourceforge.net Return-path: Received: from mail.phy.duke.edu ([152.3.182.2]) by usw-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 3.31-VA-mm2 #1 (Debian)) id 184RyY-0005Oj-00 for ; Wed, 23 Oct 2002 13:19:34 -0700 To: Dave Ingram In-Reply-To: Errors-To: nfs-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Discussion of NFS under Linux development, interoperability, and testing. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: --=-lnmSX3QDCGphMLxVx6xb Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 2002-10-23 at 16:16, Dave Ingram wrote: > On 23 Oct 2002, seth vidal wrote: >=20 > > You might be able to work some dark magic with autofs over the nfs > > exported locations. > >=20 > > look into how autofs functions - I think it might just be possible if > > you're not afraid of some painful thinking. >=20 > :) I wrestled with this on the 2nd night of trying to come up with=20 > a solution. >=20 > While this may simplify the client's transaction, the server now=20 > has to automatically: >=20 > 1. Create an auto.XXX autofs config file for every ISO mounted directory > 2. Update /etc/auto.master > 3. the autofs daemon gets reloaded for each new addition/subtraction >=20 > All of this needs to be done by root as well. Of course, a=20 > specialized SUID wrapper can be constructed to do this, but it's still a=20 > bit of a boondoggle. It's fair to say, however, that almost any solution=20 > currently will have to be a bit of a hack. >=20 > But it's hard to believe that there aren't other people with a=20 > genuine need for something like this sort of dynamic recursive=20 > distribution. >=20 > Thanks very much for the fast response! You could do it via nis maps - then no restarting the autofs daemon at all. Additionally, you could have the maps dynamically generated and pushed from the nis master. one place, less pain. -sv --=-lnmSX3QDCGphMLxVx6xb Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQA9twRU1Aj3x2mIbMcRAqFYAJ0YyDy2JkgsKQvi+YrcaOK6NiK9JgCdE0f4 Tv5ygPOfILs2KSm7bBSh4fI= =XX6k -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-lnmSX3QDCGphMLxVx6xb-- ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: Influence the future of Java(TM) technology. Join the Java Community Process(SM) (JCP(SM)) program now. http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?sunm0002en _______________________________________________ NFS maillist - NFS@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nfs