[Freeipa-users] indirect automount offsets

[Rob Verduijn]

Hello,

I'm trying to figure out how to use automounts in freeipa with offsets.

currently I have this:
the default location containing 3 maps
auto.direct
auto.home
auto.master

auto.direct is empty
auto.home contains:
key : * mount information : -rw nfs.example.com:/homes/&
auto.master contains
key : /- mount-information : auto.direct
key: /home mount information : auto.home

in autofs file this would be :
auto.master :
/- /etc/auto.direct
/home /etc/auto.home

and auto.home would contain:
test -rw nfs.example.com:/homes/&

now I would like to do the automount indirect offset like this :
test / -rw nfs.example.com:/homes/test \
/newfolder nfs2.example.com:/newfolder \
/anotherfolder nfs3.example.com:/anotherfolder \
/anotherfolder/2deep nfs4.example.com:/2deep

which would automount the newfolder like this :
/home/test/newfolder
and anotherfolder like this
/home/test/anotherfolder
and 2deep like this
/home/test/anotherfolder/2deep

is this possible in freeipa ?
Rob

[Rob Crittenden]

Post by Rob Verduijn
Hello,
I'm trying to figure out how to use automounts in freeipa with offsets.
the default location containing 3 maps
auto.direct
auto.home
auto.master
auto.direct is empty
key : * mount information : -rw nfs.example.com:/homes/&
auto.master contains
key : /- mount-information : auto.direct
key: /home mount information : auto.home
/- /etc/auto.direct
/home /etc/auto.home
test -rw nfs.example.com:/homes/&
test / -rw nfs.example.com:/homes/test \
/newfolder nfs2.example.com:/newfolder \
/anotherfolder nfs3.example.com:/anotherfolder \
/anotherfolder/2deep nfs4.example.com:/2deep
/home/test/newfolder
and anotherfolder like this
/home/test/anotherfolder
and 2deep like this
/home/test/anotherfolder/2deep
is this possible in freeipa ?
Rob

If it's possible with LDAP-stored autofs it should be possible with IPA.
I've typically used much simpler configurations with automount.

Theoreticaly it should work just the way you'd set it in a file, as
you've posted. Did you try it? You'd set --key=test --info='/ -rw ...'

rob

[Rob Verduijn]

Hello,

It indeed works
--key=* --info='/ -rw nfs.example.com:/homes/& /subdir -rw
nfs2.example.com:/subdir'

however the directory is not mounted.

I know it works because when running automount in debug mode I see
mounted nfs.example.com:/homes/test on /home/test

and then it tries to mount the subdir
do_mount_autofs_offset: mount offset /home/test/subdir at /home/test

however it fails with the error
mount_autofs_offset: can't create mount directory: /home/test/subdir,
Permission denied
failed to mount offset

as a test I set an acl on the /exports/homes dir on the fileserver.
setfacl -R -m other:rwx /exports/homes
setfacl -R -m d:other:rwx /eports/homes
and created the mountpoint in the home directory (it failed when it
does not exist do to root squash I guess)
mkdir /exports/homes/test/subdir

and the offset subdir mount is mounted by autofs on the client.

any ideas on how to set the privileges in such a way that not
everybody requires access to the exports ?

Rob Verduijn

Post by Rob Crittenden

Post by Rob Verduijn
Hello,
I'm trying to figure out how to use automounts in freeipa with offsets.
the default location containing 3 maps
auto.direct
auto.home
auto.master
auto.direct is empty
key : * mount information : -rw nfs.example.com:/homes/&
auto.master contains
key : /- mount-information : auto.direct
key: /home mount information : auto.home
/- /etc/auto.direct
/home /etc/auto.home
test -rw nfs.example.com:/homes/&
test / -rw nfs.example.com:/homes/test \
/newfolder nfs2.example.com:/newfolder \
/anotherfolder nfs3.example.com:/anotherfolder \
/anotherfolder/2deep nfs4.example.com:/2deep
/home/test/newfolder
and anotherfolder like this
/home/test/anotherfolder
and 2deep like this
/home/test/anotherfolder/2deep
is this possible in freeipa ?
Rob

If it's possible with LDAP-stored autofs it should be possible with IPA.
I've typically used much simpler configurations with automount.
Theoreticaly it should work just the way you'd set it in a file, as
you've posted. Did you try it? You'd set --key=test --info='/ -rw ...'
rob