Large maps are not that bad to manage...

I vote for:

user1 filer2:/vol/vol1/& .... user9999 filer3:/vol/vol4/&

That is how we do it anyway.

----- Original Message ----- From: "Rainchik, Aleksandr (MED, Non GE)" Aleksandr.Rainchik@med.ge.com Date: Friday, January 12, 2001 11:47 am Subject: /home layout with many filers and NIS automount

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.

I'm personally is looking for /home/homeserver-vol#/user-name scheme, so my automount maps will be nice, small and manageble:

#auto_home NIS map filer1-0 filer1:/vol/vol0 filer1-1 filer1:/vol/vol1 ... filer5-5 filer5:/vol/vol5

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 youtell me, what is your preference for /home layout?

Thank you.

-- Aleksandr Rainchik, SUN CSA