LDAP-UX Client Services B.04.10 with Microsoft Windows Active Directory Server Administrator's Guide

4 LDAP-UX Client Services with AutoFS Support
This chapter contains information describing how LDAP-UX supports automount service, how
to set up the automount schema, and how to configure the automount service to use this
functionality.
This chapter contains the following sections:
• Overview
• Automount Schemas
• Configuring Automount Caches
• AutoFS Migration Scripts
Overview
AutoFS is a client-side service that automatically mounts appropriate file systems when users
request access to them. If an automounted file system has been idle for a period of time, AutoFS
unmounts it. AutoFS uses name services such as files, NIS to store and manage AutoFS maps.
LDAP-UX Client Services B.04.10 supports the automount service under the AutoFS subsystem.
This feature allows users to store AutoFS maps in an Windows 2000, 2003 or 2003 R2 Active
Directory Server (ADS).
Automount Schemas
This section describes the following automount schemas:
new automount schema
An automount schema is based on RFC 2307-bis. This schema defines new automountMap and
automount structures to represent the AutoFS maps and their entries in the LDAP directory.
LDAP-UX Client Services supports the new automount schema. Read subsequent sections of
this chapter for the detailed information about the automount schemas.
New Automount Schema
This schema is a new schema based on RFC 2307-bis. This schema defines new automountMap
and automount structures to represent AutoFS maps and their entries in the LDAP directory.
AutoFS maps are stored in the LDAP directory server using structures defined by this schema.
The new automount schema based on RFC 2307-bis is not loaded in the Windows 2000/2003/2003
R2 Active Directory Server. If you are installing LDAP-UX B.04.10 on your client system, the
setup program will import the new automount schema into your Active Directory Server. If you
previously configured LDAP-UX B.04.00 or an earlier version, and are now updating the product
to version B.04.10, you must re-run the setup program to import the new automount schema
into the LDAP directory server. The subsequent client systems do not need to re-run the setup.
Schema
The following shows the new automount schema based on RFC 2307-bis in the LDIF format:
objectClasses: ( 1.3.6.1.1.1.2.16
Name 'automountMap'
DESC 'AutomountMap
SUP top STRUCURAL
MUST ( automountMapName & cn )
MAP description
X-ORIGIN 'user defined' )
objectClasses: ( 1.3.6.1.1.1.2.17
NAME 'automount'
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