LDAP-UX Client Services B.05.00 Administrator's Guide

nisMapName: auto_direct
cn: /mnt_direct/test1
nisMapEntry:hostA:/tmp
dn:cn=/mnt_direct/test2, nisMapname=auto_direct, dc=nishpind
objectClass: top
objectClass: nisObject
nisMapName: auto_direct
cn: /mnt_direct/test2
nisMapEntry:hostB:/tmp
2.5.3.1.2.2 Limitations
The nisObject automount schema contains three attributes, cn, nisMapEntry and
nisMapName. cn is an attribute that ignores case-matching. Consider the following example:
# an indirect map named auto_test
test1 server1:/source
TEST1 server2:/source
In the above example, because the cn attribute is case-insensitive, the LDAP considers
"cn=TEST1, nisMapName=auto_test" to be a redefinition of "cn=test1,
nisMapName=auto_test".
Using the nisObject automount map schema, capital letters are not significant. In other words,
if two keys have names that are only different by the use of capital letters, then one of those
entries will be rendered inoperable because the other one is the only one that can be retrieved.
NOTE: If you use the nisObject automount map schema, do not use any keys that have
capital letters and only differ from other keys by those capital letters.
2.5.3.2 Attribute mappings
LDAP-UX Client Services supports attribute mappings between the new RFC 2307-bis automount
schema and the nisObject automount schema. This feature allows the directory administrators
to use the nisObject schema if they have already deployed it.
When both new automount schema and nisObject schema exist in the LDAP directory server,
if you choose to use the nisObject automount schema, you must run the setup program using
the custom configuration to perform the attribute mappings and search filter changes for the
automount service. The attribute mappings include the following:
• Remap the new automount attributes to thenisObject automount attributes. The attribute
mappings are done in step 10 of the Custom Configuration. For detailed information on
how to remap the automount attributes, see Section 2.4.5.2 (page 73).
Table 2-7 (page 97) shows the attribute mappings:
Table 2-7 Attribute mappings
nisObject Automount AttributeNew Automount Attribute
nisMapnameautomountMapname
cnautomountKey
nisMapEntryautomountInformation
• Change the automount search filter for the automount service to the nisObjectsearch
filter. LDAP-UX Client Services uses the automount search filter for the automount service
as a default. The search filter change can be done in step 11 of the Custom Configuration.
If you want to create the nisObject search filter for the automount service to search a
different location in the LDAP directory server, see Section 2.4.5.2 (page 73) for details.
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