Administering LDAP-UX Client Services

Client Daemon Performance

Table 4-2

(Continued)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Map Name

Benefits

Example

 

Side-Effect

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

automount

Frequent file system

For the positive

 

 

access to a directory

AutoFS cache, an

 

 

may request

alteration of the

 

 

automount

automount maps

 

 

information about a

will sometimes not

 

 

network file system. A

appear

 

 

positive AutoFS cache

immediately.

 

 

greatly reduces

During this

 

 

LDAP-UX Client

expiration

 

 

response time while

window, a network

 

 

retrieving the

file system may be

 

 

automount data.

granted access,

 

 

Whenever a user

when in fact the

 

 

automount map

 

 

attempts to access a

 

 

should have

 

 

directory that does not

 

 

unmounted from a

 

 

exist on the physical

 

 

network file

 

 

file system, the

 

 

system.

 

 

AutoFS system is

 

 

 

 

 

called to determine if

For the negative

 

 

that directory is

AutoFS cache, an

 

 

available via the

alteration of the

 

 

network through

automount maps

 

 

AutoFS. A negative

will sometimes not

 

 

AutoFS cache is

appear

 

 

critical to assure that

immediately.

 

 

malfunctioning

During this

 

 

applications do not

expiration

 

 

place redundant bogus

window, a user

 

 

requests on the

attempting to

 

 

directory server.

access a network

 

 

 

file system may be

 

 

 

denied access,

 

 

 

when in fact the

 

 

 

automount map

 

 

 

should have set up

 

 

 

a network file

 

 

 

system mount.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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