Autofs - Installing automounter with LDAP
Description: Setup autofs on machines client-1 and client-2, which both uses ldap (how to install is described in a previous note) Implementation: Install package autofs5-ldap Create autofs.ldif with the following data: dn: cn=autofs,cn=schema,cn=config objectClass: olcSchemaConfig cn: autofs olcAttributeTypes: {0}( 1.3.6.1.1.1.1.25 NAME 'automountInformation' DESC 'Inf ormation used by the autofs automounter' EQUALITY caseExactIA5Match SYNTAX 1. 3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.26 SINGLE-VALUE ) olcObjectClasses: {0}( 1.3.6.1.1.1.1.13 NAME 'automount' DESC 'An entry in an automounter map' SUP top STRUCTURAL MUST ( cn $ automountInformation $ object class ) MAY description ) olcObjectClasses: {1}( 1.3.6.1.4.1.2312.4.2.2 NAME 'automountMap' DESC 'An gro up of related automount objects' SUP top STRUCTURAL MUST ou ) Add the ldif to ldap: ldapadd -Y EXTERNAL -D cn=admin,(..) -W -f autofs.ldif Create ldif with automount information and a test-user: dn: ou=auto.master,ou=automount,dc=d4,dc=sysinst,dc=ida,dc=liu,dc=se ou: auto.master objectClass: top objectClass: automountMap dn: cn=/home,ou=auto.master,ou=automount,dc=d4,dc=sysinst,dc=ida,dc=liu,dc=se cn: /home objectClass: top objectClass: automount automountInformation: ldap:ou=auto.home,ou=automount,dc=d4,dc=sysinst,dc=ida,dc=liu,dc=se --timeout=60 --ghost dn: ou=auto.home,ou=automount,dc=d4,dc=sysinst,dc=ida,dc=liu,dc=se ou: auto.home objectClass: top objectClass: automountMap dn: cn=ollehome1,ou=auto.home,ou=automount,dc=d4,dc=sysinst,dc=ida,dc=liu,dc=se cn: ollehome1 objectClass: top objectClass: automount automountInformation: -fstype=nfs,nfsvers=3,rw,soft,intr,exec server.d4.sysinst.ida.liu.se:/export/home1/& Add ldif to ldap: ldapadd -D cn=admin,(..) -W -f autodata.ldif Edit/enable the following lines in /etc/default/autofs: LOGGING="verbose" LDAP_URI="ldap://server.d4.sysinst.ida.liu.se" SEARCH_BASE="ou=automount,dc=d4,dc=sysinst,dc=ida,dc=liu,dc=se" MAP_OBJECT_CLASS="automountMap" ENTRY_OBJECT_CLASS="automount" MAP_ATTRIBUTE="ou" ENTRY_ATTRIBUTE="cn" VALUE_ATTRIBUTE="automountInformation" Add automount to /etc/nsswitch.conf: automount: files ldap Restart autofs: service autofs restart Verification: Should be able to login on both hosts with ollehome1 ...