"Rainchik, Aleksandr (MED, Non GE)" said:
Hello,
I just need a word of advice on how to structure /home if you use automount, have 5-10 home directory servers (NetApp filers) and around 1000 users.
But it seems like users prefer /home/username scheme and it leads to 1000+ NIS automount map for /home, like
#auto_home NIS map user1 filer2:/vol/vol1/& .... user9999 filer3:/vol/vol4/&
Do you know if there is more elegant solution for this problem? Can you tell me, what is your preference for /home layout?
Since NIS is a "database" format, albeit a not-so-great one, its not too big a deal to have a large automount map. We have one with approximately 3000 entries, and lookups are still very fast, etc. The only issues is maintenance. Not too big a deal. You might want to create an account administration system that uses a real database to track things and generates the homes map automatically....