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  • Creating automounts with Identity Management

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    Hi,

    I'm currently building an Identity Management server on Red Hat 6.4 but I am running into some issues with the automount.
    We have multiple NFS servers that Identity Management will need to push out to clients/servers.

    NFS Server 1:
    This server has a few automounts that will need to be shared.
    /export/home
    /export/share1
    /export/share2

    So in the Identity Management GUI I configured the following.
    Added a Automount Location called NFS_Server1
    Added Direct Map
               Map: auto.home
    Added Automount Keys with the following information
               Key: /home                     (I assume this field will mount the directory listed below on to each server that looks at Identity Management)
               Mount Information: -rw, soft, NFS_Server:/export/home/

    I configure nsswitch.conf so my automount looks like the following;
    files       ldap       sss

     

    Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong with this configuration?

    Thanks.

     

     

    EDIT:
    After some trial and error I think I found the proper way to input the automount information into IPA but I am getting an error.

    ipa automountlocation-tofiles NFS_Server
    /etc/auto.master:
    /-          /etc/auto.direct
    /home   /etc/auto.home
    -----------------------------
    /etc/auto.direct
    -----------------------------
    /etc/auto.home:
    home               -rw,soft nfs_server:/export/home

    When I view /var/log/messages I see the following line;
    setautomntent:lookup(sss): setautomntent: no such file or directory

    My nsswitch.conf reads the following for the automount line;
    automount          files    sss

    Anyone able to point me in the right direction for this?

    Thanks,

    Matt

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