Very very annoying trap when trying to use LDAP+autofs


	Very very annoying trap when trying to use LDAP+autofs

kntyskw

3-13-2008 4:06 AM

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linux, tips, autofs, ldap

kntyskw says:

It's ridiculously annoying. I spent 3 hours to solve the issue...

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dn: automountKey=\/, automountMapName=auto.facvs, ou=Autofs, […],o=Disney,c=US
automountKey: /
objectClass: top
objectClass: automount
automountInformation: -vers=3 &:/disk1
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dn: automountKey=*, automountMapName=auto.facvs, ou=Autofs, […],o=Disney,c=US
automountKey: *
objectClass: top
objectClass: automount
automountInformation: -vers=3 &:/disk1
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