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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: AMD and Sun's automount maps
Date: Mon, 19 May 1997 05:22:13 -0700
Organization: Walnut Creek CDROM
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Jose M. Alcaide wrote:
> However, I have some problems with AMD, the FreeBSD's automounter.
> I would like to know if there is any way of configuring AMD in
> such a way that it could use the same auto.home indirect map that
> is shared (using YP) in our local network. I dont't want to
> maintain two parallel "home" maps: one for Sun's automount clients
> and another for FreeBSD AMD clients. Is it possible?

According to the man page for amd, it certainly looks that way. :)

Still, I'm assuming that you have ypbind running on the FreeBSD box and
NIS is working between it and your server?
-- 
- Jordan Hubbard
  FreeBSD core team / Walnut Creek CDROM.