1 *** Notes specific to am-utils version 6.1.5
3 New amd.conf global parameter: nfs_allow_any_interface. By default it is
4 set to 'no' which means that Amd accepts local NFS packets only from
5 127.0.0.1. If set to 'yes' then Amd will accept local NFS packets from any
6 local interface; this is useful on hosts that may have multiple interfaces
7 where the system is forced to send all outgoing packets (even those bound to
8 the same host) via an address other than 127.0.0.1.
10 Add support for specifying the host to match in the mount selectors netgrp
11 and netgrpd. Now one can use either netgrp(<group-name>) or
12 netgrp(<group-name>,<host-name>).
15 * handle old-style filehandles correctly (for mount points longer
17 * don't turn off attribute cache for regular NFS mounts (improves
19 * detect G/DBM support via gdbm_compat library (Debian)
20 * detect NDBM support in libc (FreeBSD 6)
23 i386-unknown-freebsd6.1 (RELEASE)
24 i386-unknown-openbsd3.9
25 powerpc-apple-darwin8.6.0
27 *** Notes specific to am-utils version 6.1.4
29 Support new mount options for type:=pcfs mounts: longname, nowin95,
30 shortname, user=N, group=N, mask=N, and dirmask=N.
32 Two new amd.conf [global] parameters: nfs_retry_interval_toplvl and
33 nfs_retransmit_counter_toplvl. They are similar to nfs_retry_interval and
34 nfs_retransmit_counter, and allow you to set the "timeo" and "retrans" NFS
35 mount parameters, respectively, but ONLY for Amd's top-level mounts (which
36 are NFSv2/UDP currently). This is useful because on some systems you may
37 wish to set these parameters differently than the OS default, so as to
38 better tune Amd's responsiveness under heavy scheduler loads.
41 i386-pc-linux-fc5 (Fedora Core 5)
42 i386-pc-linux-suse10.1 (beta 8)
43 i386-unknown-freebsd6.0 (RELEASE)
44 i386-unknown-netbsdelf2.1
45 i386-unknown-netbsdelf3.0 (RELEASE)
46 i386-unknown-openbsd3.8
47 powerpc-apple-darwin8.5.0
50 * one serious memory leak in amfs_generic (caught by Coverity)
51 * assorted potential (but rare) NULL pointer dereferences (Coverity)
52 * correctly print nfs_args->addr info (sin_family/port/addr)
53 * pawd should resolve path repeatedly until no more to do
54 * use-after-free bug in amfs_lookup_mntfs (Coverity)
56 *** Notes specific to am-utils version 6.1.3
59 * amq should de-register properly on exit
60 * convert all sprintf to safer xsnprintf
61 * convert all strcat to safer xstrlcat
62 * convert all strcpy to safer xstrlcpy
63 * fix three buffer overruns in expand_op (amd/opts.c)
64 * pawd was trying UDP only, now try TCP if UDP failed
66 Moved pawd's path-matching functionality into Amd, where it can be done a
67 lot more efficiently (we no longer need to construct and send the whole
68 mounted tree, only to match small parts of it). This will lessen the CPU
69 and network load on systems that use pawd heavily, and also minimize the
70 chance that we exceed default or hard-coded UDP/TCP RPC packet sizes.
72 *** Notes specific to am-utils version 6.1.2.1
75 * properly turn off the attrcache in freebsd and openbsd
76 * can turn off attrcache on netbsd, but need kernel patch, see
78 * pawd goes into an infinite loop on type:=auto
79 * consistent search for file system mnttab/mount names
81 *** Notes specific to am-utils version 6.1.2
83 MAJOR BUG FIXES: Synchronize Amd's view of its file systems with the
84 kernel's NFS client-side DNLC/dcache. Amd changes its view when it reloads
85 maps (automatically or via "amq -f") because new map entries could be added,
86 old one removed, or existing ones changed. Amd also changes its view when a
87 simple entry has expired and was flushed, or was forced out via "amq -u".
88 Amd was not updating the mtime of its parent directory (often the amd
89 automount point): this resulted in the kernel re-using cached entries, which
90 are now possibly stale. Many users had seen this problem in the form of
91 occasional ESTALE errors, or dangling/broken automounted symlinks,
92 especially on systems under heavy use. To tell the kernel to ignore (flush)
93 its old entries for an directory, the mtime of the directory must be updated
94 (monotonically incremented). Amd was indeed doing so in several places, but
95 unfortunately it was using time(2) which only provides a one-second
96 resolution clock: this was fine a decade ago, but not good enough on today's
97 fast systems; using only a one-second resolution clock meant that on busy
98 systems that invoke Amd many times a second, some rapidly changing entries
99 do not get flushed from the kernel, and the kernel thus uses stale entries.
100 The solution to all of these was to rework the whole clock timer updates to
101 use gettimeofday(), using a micro-second resolution timer, and to use that
102 time whenever Amd needs to update an mtime/atime/ctime of any node.
103 Finally, we now update the mtime in places that were never updated before
104 (when a whole map is flushed or a single entry times out).
106 Warning: some OSs, we discovered, are incapable of turning off their
107 NFS attribute cache entirely. This means that Amd cannot work fully
108 reliability on these systems, not under heavy load. This is documented in
109 detail in the README.attrcache file included with this distribution.
111 Include test-attrcache script to test the NFS attribute cache behavior using
114 Tell syslog not to log automatically to /dev/console; it's unfriendly. If
115 user really wants to, they can set it in /etc/syslog.conf.
119 i386-unknown-netbsdelf3.0
120 powerpc-apple-darwin8.2.0
123 * minor documentation corrections
125 *** Notes specific to am-utils version 6.1.1
127 New amd.conf global parameter: forced_unmounts (default to "no"). If set to
128 "yes," and the client OS supports forced or lazy unmounts, then Amd will
129 attempt to use them if it gets any of three serious error conditions when
130 trying to unmount an existing mount point or mount on top of one: EIO,
131 ESTALE, or EBUSY. This could be useful to recover from serious conditions
132 such as hardware failure of mounted disks, or NFS servers which are down
133 permanently, were migrated, or changed their IP address. Only
134 "type:=toplvl" mounts hung with EBUSY are forcibly unmounted using this
135 option: this is useful to ensure that a new Amd can mount itself even if a
136 previous Amd died and left its mount points hung, or to force Amd to
137 shutdown cleanly, even if some processes (i.e., user shells) have their CWD
138 on Amd's own mount point. This functionality is available for Linux, BSD44
139 systems, Solaris, OSF/1, and partially for AIX.
141 New amd.conf global parameter: truncate_log (default to "no"). If set to
142 "yes", then Amd will truncate the log file (if it's a regular file) on
143 startup. This could be useful when conducting extensive testing on Amd maps
144 (or Amd itself) and you don't want to see log data from a previous run in
149 i386-pc-linux-suse9.3
150 i386-pc-linuxoldld-deb3.1
153 * safer mtab handling for Linux (locks + handles /proc/mounts)
154 * small compile problems on Solaris 6 (rpcvers_t)
155 * small compile problems on HPUX 10 (h_errno)
156 * possibly missing definition of INADDR_NONE in wire.c
157 * extern for sleep(3) may be missing on older gcc systems
158 * updated nfs_args structure on aix4.
159 * possible running off end of exported_ap[] array.
160 * buffer overflow in pawd.
162 * use strlcat/snprintf in a few places for safety.
163 * recover from IP address change of a down NFS server
164 * don't discard restarted mntfs that was used.
166 *** Notes specific to am-utils version 6.1
169 * set timeo/retrans for type:=nfs only if user asked
171 Also, if you want to know what's new in 6.1 compared to 6.0.x, it's
172 EVERYTHING below this line, up to "6.0.4." Yes, that's a lot of stuff.
174 *** Notes specific to am-utils version 6.1-rc7
176 Remove alloca from am-utils, and rewrite code that used it.
178 Assorted minor code cleanups.
181 alpha-unknown-linux-gentoo1.4.16
182 alphaev56-dec-osf4.0f (using both cc and gcc)
183 mips-sgi-irix6.5 (using both cc and gcc)
184 mips-unknown-linux-gentoo1.4.16
185 sparc64-unknown-linux-gentoo1.4.16
188 * getwire() detects networks correctly on OSF/1
190 *** Notes specific to am-utils version 6.1-rc6
194 i386-pc-linux-gentoo1.4.16
195 i386-pc-linux-suse9.2
196 i386-unknown-freebsd5.4
197 i386-unknown-netbsdelf2.0.2
198 i386-unknown-openbsd3.7
199 powerpc-unknown-linux-yellowdog2.3
202 * minor compile error of nfs_subr.c on some systems.
203 * AIX 5.2/5.3 PPC compile fixes.
205 *** Notes specific to am-utils version 6.1-rc5
207 For NetBSD systems, $os used to say "netbsdelf1" or "netbsdelf2." Now it
211 powerpc-apple-darwin7.9.0
214 * silly (but nasty) null pointer dereferencing
215 * improved fix for '-opts' syntax for resetting map options
217 *** Notes specific to am-utils version 6.1-rc4
220 * check for "macosx" in M4 macros properly
221 * minor memory leaks (thanks to Valgrind)
223 *** Notes specific to am-utils version 6.1-rc3
225 Minor fix to configure.in. Reran bootstrap to get a working configure
226 script that indeed checks for certain Linux nfs/autofs headers.
228 *** Notes specific to am-utils version 6.1-rc2
230 New amd.conf global parameter: normalize_slashes (default to "yes"). If set
231 to "no," then Amd will not condense repeated slashes or remove trailing ones
232 from strings representing pathnames. This is sometimes useful with SMB
233 mounts, which often require multiple slash characters in pathnames.
235 Using a custom version of strlcpy instead of strncpy (but only where it
236 makes sense), to minimize string overflow changes. Audited all use of
237 strncpy/strlcpy to ensure safety.
239 On Apple machines, use "powerpc" for $arch, instead of "Power Macintosh".
240 Also, use sw_vers to find out more appropriate OS name (macosx) and OS
241 version (10.3.x) than uname(3) reports.
244 powerpc64-unknown-linux-rhel4
245 powerpc64-unknown-linux-sles9
248 * pawd handles all file systems
249 * fix double-free in type:=nfsx
250 * timeo and retrans shouldn't be set for type:=toplvl
251 * fix inconsistency in handling filehandle generation number
252 * document proper use of hosts.allow (don't spawn)
253 * single dash '-' map entry now resets the defaults
255 *** Notes specific to am-utils version 6.1-rc1
258 i386-pc-linux-fc2 (Fedora Core 2).
259 i386-pc-linux-fc3 (Fedora Core 3).
262 i386-pc-linux-suse8.2
263 i386-pc-linux-suse9.1
265 i386-unknown-freebsd4.8
266 i386-unknown-freebsd4.9
267 i386-unknown-freebsd4.10
268 i386-unknown-freebsd4.11
269 i386-unknown-freebsd5.1 (5.1-RELEASE)
270 i386-unknown-freebsd5.2 (5.2-RELEASE)
271 i386-unknown-freebsd5.2.1 (5.2.1-RELEASE)
272 i386-unknown-freebsd5.3 (5.3-RELEASE)
273 i386-unknown-freebsd6.0 (6.0-CURRENT-SNAP001)
274 i386-unknown-netbsdelf1.6.1
275 i386-unknown-netbsdelf2.0
276 i386-unknown-openbsd3.6
278 ia64-unknown-linux-rhel4
279 mipsel-unknown-linux-rhPS2 (Linux on Sony PlayStation 2)
280 powerpc-apple-darwin7.6.0
281 powerpc-apple-darwin7.7.0
282 powerpc-apple-darwin7.8.0
283 powerpc-ibm-aix5.2.0.0
284 powerpc-ibm-aix5.3.0.0
285 sparc-sun-solaris2.10
286 sparc64-unknown-linux-deb3.0
287 x86_64-unknown-linux-rh2.9.5AS
289 - support for executable maps ala Sun automounter. Set map_type=exec in
290 amd.conf, and map_name to a program/script that takes a key as argv[1],
291 and returns key-value pair on stdout. See also exec_map_timeout [global]
292 parameter which defines how many seconds (default 10 sec) Amd will wait
293 for an executable map program to return output before timing out. See
294 am-utils manual for full details.
296 - new amd.conf parameter "nfs_allow_insecure_port". Used to work around
297 bugs in certain kernels, which cause them to try and talk to amd from
300 - new amd.conf parameter: localhost_address. Used to override the localhost
301 (often 127.0.0.1) address Amd uses to connect to for the local NFS server
304 - new amd.conf [global] parameter: domain_strip (default "yes"). If set to
305 "no," Amd won't strip domain names from host names, which is useful if
306 your Amd maps are served by multiple domains and you want to tell from the
307 logs which exact host did what.
309 - new amd.conf [global] parameter: auto_attrcache (default to 0). Sets
310 Amd's own NFS attribute-cache timeout in seconds. A value of 0 turns off
311 attribute caching, meaning that Amd will be consulted via a kernel-RPC
312 each time someone stat's the mount point (which could be abused as a
313 denial-of-service attack). If you're concerned, set this to something
314 greater than zero (a value of 1 second is currently recommended).
315 Warning: if you set this option to any non-zero value, especially a large
316 value, and you get ESTALE errors on your particular OS, then set this
317 value back to 0 seconds.
319 - four new amd.conf [global] parameters, similar to nfs_retry_interval and
320 nfs_retransmit_counter, which allow you to set the "timeo" and "retrans"
321 NFS mount parameters, respectively. Now you can set those parameters
322 globally and separately for UDP vs. TCP, using any of these:
323 nfs_retry_interval_udp, nfs_retransmit_counter_udp nfs_retry_interval_tcp,
324 and nfs_retransmit_counter_tcp.
326 - new amd.conf [global] parameter: preferred_amq_port. Allows you to select
327 the UDP+TCP port that Amd's amq service will use with the RPC portmapper.
328 Useful with firewalls and NAT'ed environments.
330 - new amd.conf option "debug_mtab_file". Allows user to define the mtab
331 file during debug-mtab mode. The default path is "/tmp/mnttab".
333 - new function selector xhost(ARG) which will match ARG against the current
334 host name. This works even if ARG is a CNAME (unlike the host==ARG
337 - support restarting the automounter's own mount points (only over NFS,
340 - fully support WebNFS as per RFC 2054. It now tries v3/TCP first, falling
341 back to v2/UDP if this doesn't work. The "webnfs" pseudo-mount options
342 has been renamed (again) to "public" to match Solaris 2.
344 - restructured the restarting of already-mounted filesystems, in the process
345 also fixing a problem with restarting nfsx components.
347 - support escaped slashes, needed for SMB mounts. Use '\\\/\\\/' in a
348 string to get a double slash.
350 - amd -v now prints domain, host, and hostd values: foo, example.com, and
351 foo.example.com, respectively.
353 - On Linux, if umount(2) failed with EIO or ESTALE, try the new umount2(2)
354 system call with MNT_FORCE+MNT_DETACH. This could be quite helpful to
355 unmounting hung mount points that otherwise cannot be fixed without a
358 - The ping=N mount option now works. N defaults to 30 seconds for all NFS
359 servers. It can now be set to any value for each server separately.
360 Setting it to a large value can reduce the amount of NFS_NULL chatter on
361 your network considerably, especially in large sites. Setting this to -1
362 will turn off pings for that server (useful in NFS-HA setups). Setting N
363 to 0 will pick the default ping value in Amd (currently 30 seconds). Note
364 that if you have multiple Amd entries using the same file server, and each
365 entry sets a different value of N, then each time Amd mounts a new entry,
366 the ping value will be re-evaluated (and updated, turned off, or turned
367 back on as needed). Note that NFS_NULL pings are sent for both UDP and
368 TCP mounts, because even a hung TCP mount can cause user processes to
371 - file system inheritance code restructured, so it's no longer a pseudo file
372 system, but actually integrated into Amd (as it should have been).
374 - for type:=program, the "umount" program doesn't have to be defined; it'll
375 default to "unmount ${fs}".
377 - "amd -v" now prints the distribution name if it's known (e.g., rh9, fc3,
381 * various memory management problems (leaks, etc)
383 * fixed a race involving late replies to network queries which
384 arrive after the file system has already been mounted
385 * recognize pcfs_args_t fields in FreeBSD 5
386 * recognize other mount types in pawd: host, linkx, and nfsx
387 * allow exactly one of umount and unmount in type:=program
388 * race condition between calls to mntctl() on AIX
389 * plock/mlockall wasn't inherited by fork(); moved after
391 * fix inconsistency between Socket and TLI RPC timeouts.
392 * don't warn when couldn't rmdir a dir with a readonly ancestor.
393 * avoid hangs of amd in ctl-amd (must chdir to /)
394 * workaround occasional daemonizing problems (parent won't die)
395 * don't hang on exit if debug_options=mtab was used
396 * utimeout=N mount option works with non-nfs types (ufs, pcfs, etc.)
397 * SEGV (null pointer deref) in type:=program and type:=cachefs
398 * unmount_on_exit of type:=program caused amd to hang
399 * match amd2ldif output with ldap.schema
401 *** Notes specific to am-utils version 6.1b4
406 - speed up the recovery of inherited (restarted) filesystems by using the
407 proper waiting channels
409 - added support for mounting webnfs filesystems, see entry below. It doesn't
410 do any probing currently, so it will default to v2/UDP unless another
411 version and/or protocol are explicitly specified.
413 - pseudo-mount option "ignore_portmapper" renamed to "webnfs"
416 * properly time out autofs filesystems on Linux
417 * link mounts with relative targets weren't working on autofs
418 * the link side of the nfsl file system wasn't working on autofs
419 * umount code was accidentally turning all symlinks into directories
420 during attempted umounts, causing stale filehandles
421 * various minor build fixes for "impossible" configurations
422 * prevent ldap code from dereferencing a null pointer
424 *** Notes specific to am-utils version 6.1b3
426 - new amd.conf option autofs_use_lofs, set by default to "yes". "yes" means
427 using in-place mounts (lofs, bind mounts, etc.), thus utilizing one of
428 Autofs's main advantages. "no" means using symlinks instead, which has
429 the "/bin/pwd" problem and certain efficiency issues on Solaris 2.6+ and
430 is also not supported on Solaris Autofs v1 and derivatives; however, the
431 autofs code that uses symlinks is simpler and more thoroughly tested.
433 - new amd.conf option map_default (can be used in [global] and overwritten
434 in the per-map section). This will overwrite the /defaults entry of the
435 map itself, to allow people to set defaults in amd.conf (useful when you
436 cannot control your amd maps, or you'd rather not modify them globally).
438 - for type:=program, you can use either unmount:=XXX or umount:=XXX (but not
439 both). This new 'unmount' name is an alias for convenience.
441 - fixed the "multiple matching sub-entries in a map entry" semantics to try
442 mounting those sub-entries one by one, until either one succeeds or all
443 fail. The old semantics of trying to mount everything in parallel and use
444 the one that mounted fastest hasn't worked in a long time; in fact, 6.0
445 currently simply ignores all but the first matching sub-entry.
447 - made amd fail much faster (instantly, in fact) if the remote server
448 doesn't have a functional portmapper or NFS service. Also reduced the
449 total timeout to 3 seconds for a completely downed server.
451 - new pseudo-mount option "ignore_portmapper"; not very useful currently,
452 will make more sense when we also accept hard-coded ports for mountd and
455 - amd will no longer query the portmapper for all possible NFS versions and
456 protocols if the user requested to use specific ones.
458 - increased the major number for the library, so that 6.0 and 6.1 can't
459 share libraries anymore.
461 - support tcpd/libwrap tcpwrappers. If your system supports libwrap, then
462 you can use /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny to control remote Amq
463 access to Amd. The new amd.conf parameter use_tcpwrappers is set to "yes"
466 - support NULL entries in Hesiod maps, if they start with a ".".
468 - code reorganization
470 - documentation cleanup, corrections, and general updates. Better
471 references to all man pages. Support newer texi2html. Proper building of
472 DVI and PSI files. Allow building of am-utils manual in one long Web
477 ia64-unknown-linux-rh2.1AS (Red Hat Itanium Advanced Server)
478 i386-unknown-freebsd5.0 (5.0-RELEASE)
479 sparc64-unknown-linux-suse7.3
480 i386-unknown-netbsdelf1.6.1
481 i386-unknown-openbsd3.3
486 * autofs mode on Linux was segfaulting on a silly error (and noone
487 complained, which proves that I'm probably the only one testing
488 these beta releases, tsk tsk).
489 * fixed handling of host entries over autofs.
490 * fixed handling of nfsl entries over autofs.
491 * the matching in find_mntfs() was causing problems for inherited
492 filesystems, so make an exception for them. Tighten the
493 matching even more, to take into account the f/s type as well.
494 * recognize xlatecookie mnttab option on netbsd
495 * document Solaris lex bug (use flex)
496 * document AIX 5.x NFS bug (need patch)
497 * document Solaris 8 autofs version change (need to fix system
499 * ensure lex doesn't run out of output slots
500 * support GNU flex-2.5.31+
501 * force version.texi to be rebuilt unconditionally
502 * mk-amd-map open db file exclusively (security)
503 * turn off maintainer-only rules in distros
504 * don't core dump if log_file is NULL (Solaris)
505 * don't include malloc.h if stdlib.h exists
506 * recognize file system failures (EIO) upon reading file maps
508 *** Notes specific to am-utils version 6.1b2
510 - new mount flag "softlookup", which determines how amd will respond to
511 lookups of NFS shares already mounted (return a valid symlink or return
512 EIO). The default, if "softlookup" is not specified, depends on whether the
513 mount is "soft" or "hard".
515 - return EIO instead of ENOENT if amd thinks the server is down; this allows
516 well-written applications to sleep and retry the operation.
522 ia64-unknown-linux-rh2.1AW
525 - automatic support for loop mounts on Linux (deprecates the "loop" mount
528 - new amd.conf parameter ldap_proto_version (default 2) for setting the LDAP
529 protocol version to use.
533 * redundancy mode (multiple servers for the same share) wasn't working
534 * non-autofs mode had some rather nasty hangs on downed file servers
535 * double-free'ing problem in assign_error_mntfs and free_continuation
536 * free'ing non-malloc'ed memory in amfs_auto_mount
537 * late server ping replies were not ignored
538 * amfs_auto_lookup_mntfs wasn't propagating errors up to callers
539 * autofs-v4 on Solaris 9 works
540 * handle std{in,out,err} correctly when releasing controlling tty
542 * don't cast pointers between enum_t and u_long, it doesn't work on
543 64-bit big-endian platforms
544 * fix compile problem with mlockall() on Darwin
546 *** Notes specific to am-utils version 6.1b1
549 Partial support for Sun Autofs v1
550 Documented known problems with Sun Autofs v1 (possible deadlocks)
551 Fixes for Sun Autofs v2/v3
552 Preliminary support for Sun Autofs v4 (Solaris 9)
553 Kernel-based expirations for Linux Autofs
556 powerpc-ibm-aix5.1.0.0
557 i386-unknown-netbsd1.6A
559 - Work around IBM's NFSv3 ABI change in aix4.3
561 - trivial regression test suite started: run "make check" on a built
562 am-utils to execute tests. Currently only one test which checks to see if
563 "amd -v" executes correctly.
565 - new command line option "amd -A arch" to overwrite the value of $arch.
569 * Linux loop mounts of ISO images
570 * assorted LDAP fixes
571 * strerror not found on some systems
572 * small fixes for hpux9 and aix43
573 * exclude ldap/hesiod support unless both libraries+headers exist
574 * fully support "xlatecookie" mount option
575 * security: if -D noamq option, don't listen on socket.
577 *** Notes specific to am-utils version 6.1a5:
579 - browsable_dirs support for Solaris autofs, *without* mount storms!
581 - new amd.conf global parameter: map_reload_interval (default 1 hour).
582 Determines how often Amd checks to see if maps have changed at the source
583 (and then reloading only those that have changed).
585 - "amd -v" now lists bug-reporting address.
587 - assorted code cleanups and porting to use latest versions of GNU
590 - opts:=loop works for type:=cdfs, for mounting ISO-9660 files on Linux.
594 * fixed sublink support in Linux autofs (broken in a4)
595 * hlfsd takes uid 0's home from root's passwd entry instead of
597 * (not really our bug) Linux ignores the microseconds field in
598 mtime, so hlfsd and amd need to increment the seconds field all
599 the time to prevent symlink caching
600 * generic map parsing bug which was rejecting a numerical mount
601 option if it was the last option in the string.
602 * file descriptor leak in Linux autofs.
603 * "nolock" is an NFS mount option, not a generic one.
604 * use mlockall(2) on systems that have it, for plock=yes. Now
605 pinning Amd's pages in memory works on Linux.
606 * ctl-amd/ctl-hlfsd correctly refer to @sysconfdir@ for alternate
607 location of configuration files.
609 *** Notes specific to am-utils version 6.1a4:
611 - full autofs support for Solaris 2.[67], including symlinks, sublinks and
614 - fixed mount/umount deadlock in Linux autofs
616 - fixed sublinks in Linux autofs
618 - support for network/netmask pairs in the in_network() selector
620 - support disabling LDAP and Hesiod support using configure
622 - forward-ported all the fixes from the stable branch (MacOS X support,
625 - bind-mount support for type==link and type==lofs with Linux 2.4+
627 - FiST lofs support under Linux (also in 6.0.6s2)
629 *** Notes specific to am-utils version 6.1a3:
631 - various things from the 6.0 branch:
632 compile fixes for Linux 2.4-ac and 2.2.19pre+
633 Darwin/Rhapsody/OS X support
634 much reduced configure script (works around a bug in Darwin's cpp)
636 *** Notes specific to am-utils version 6.1a2:
638 - working autofs support for Solaris 2.[67], but incomplete
640 - forward-ported all the changes up to 6.0.5s2
642 - removed support for amq -M
645 nfsx support is broken
646 linux NFS codes fixes
647 NFS cache aliasing fixes
648 lots of stuff ported from 6.0 branch
650 *** Notes specific to am-utils version 6.1a1:
652 - working autofs (v3 and v4) support for Linux!
654 - forward-ported all the changes in 6.0.4s4
657 client-side fail-over to NFSv2/UDP
660 autofs v3 will probably break with host maps
662 *** Notes specific to am-utils version 6.0.4:
664 - NFSv3 support for Linux and HPUX-11
666 - new amd.conf [global] options:
667 nfs_vers: force all NFS mounts to version 2 or 3
668 nfs_proto: force all NFS mounts to udp or tcp
670 - new debug_options (amd -D):
671 hrtime: turns on high-resolution timer if available
672 readdir: traces browsable_dirs code
673 xdrtrace: traces XDR routines
674 (trace: only traces NFS and RPC)
678 -w: translate getpwd() into an Amd path
681 ${dollar}: to include a literal '$' in assignments
683 - new "opts:=" options:
684 ver3: turns on NFS version 3 on some systems (linux)
686 - updated or minor new ports:
690 i386-unknown-freebsd3.4
693 symlink mtime fixes to avoid u/mount race conditions
694 update amq -s failed umounts count correctly
695 linux compiles even if efs is available
696 linux works with mount(2) option "intr"
697 linux works with pcfs and cdfs
698 handle std{in,out,err} correctly when releasing controlling tty
699 browsable_readdir works on 64-bit kernel architectures
700 irs/wire routines compile for bsdi{2,3,4}
702 *** Notes specific to am-utils version 6.0.3:
704 - updated or minor new ports:
707 i386-unknown-netbsd1.4.1
709 i*86-pc-linux-gnu-rh6.1
710 (some preparations for Compaq Tru64)
712 - new variables ${uid} and ${gid}, return the numeric UID/GID of the user
713 (not root) who invokes an amd pathname. Similar to what hlfsd does.
715 - automake now uses automatic dependency tracking
717 - new mount options: optionstr, noexec, nomnttab
719 - maps of type:=auto are now browsable (using map option "browsable")
721 - ctl-amd has "status" argument (same as RedHat)
724 document buggy AIX 4.3 plock() behavior
725 fixes to stale file handle on symlinks
726 reduce race conditions upon rapid umount/mount sequences
727 use vsnprintf, more secure than vsprintf
728 more assorted and smaller bugs
730 *** Notes specific to am-utils version 6.0.2:
732 - safe map reloads: when a map needs to be reloaded, it is reloaded into a
733 temporary copy first. Only if the reload was completely successful, Amd
734 discards the old map and uses the new one. Otherwise Amd continues to use
735 the old maps. This should help a lot with transient NIS problems.
737 - amq -f now also forces a (safe) map reload, but only if the timestamp on
738 the maps was updated.
740 - two new selector variables: ${vendor} and ${full_os}, which are the same
741 as the output seen in "amd -v".
743 - documentation fixes and updates
745 - updated or minor new ports:
746 i386-unknown-freebsdelf3.3
748 - support 'ignore' flags (automntfs) in bsdi-4.1
751 expn.pl uses correct sockaddr_in() not, pack()
752 make sure configure --enable-*args take an argument
753 don't busy-loop trying to rebind to ldap servers
754 use vsnprintf, not vsprintf (security)
756 *** Notes specific to am-utils version 6.0.1:
758 - updated or minor new ports:
760 i386-unknown-freebsdelf3.0
761 i386-unknown-freebsdelf3.1
762 i386-unknown-freebsdelf3.2
763 i386-unknown-freebsdelf4.0
764 i386-unknown-netbsd1.4
765 i386-unknown-openbsd2.5
766 powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu
768 - automount2amd added, a new script to convert Sun automount maps to Amd maps
770 - new map function netgrpd(ARG), same as netgrp() but matches FQHN
772 - 'ignore' is a generic mount option
774 - hesiod info service isup() function to check if service is up
776 - more Y2K fixes (see README.y2k for the full story)
778 - using alloca.c on systems that don't have it (hpux9 with /bin/cc)
780 - configure script reduced in size by using M4/sh loops instead of repeated
783 - documentation updates
785 - too many bugs fixed to list here:
786 'addopts' option works with 'remopts' as well as 'opts'
787 AIX can perform NFS V.3 mounts explicitly
788 NIS is_up fixed, especially for NIS+ running in compatibility mode
789 amd -v incorrectly listing file systems that don't really work
790 amd's own mounts use reserved ports if possible
791 browsable directories works for Linux 2.3 (NFS cookies)
792 bsd44 systems check for isofs flags
793 bsd44 systems check for new options: norrio, gens, and extatt
794 buildall works better on Ultrix's /bin/sh
795 compile and build on Linux kernels 2.2 and newer
796 compile and build on RedHat Linux 6.0 (glibc 2.1)
797 compile and build on Solaris 7 (with or without vendor LDAP)
798 completely eliminate all of amd's amq -M code, when not enabled
799 correctly interpret failure code of unmount of type:=program
800 don't create autofs listener service unless used
801 don't list or process amq's -M option unless feature was turned on
802 don't turn on/off noconn option if it was already in that state
803 ldap info service: don't strcmp null strings
804 lostaltmail correctly sets struct sockaddr_in
805 make sure Linux systems have configured kernel headers
806 test for bsize/namlen fields in nfs_args (linux mount versions 2/3)
807 turn off broken NFS V.3 support for HPUX
808 use getifaddrs() on bsd44 systems makes wire.c more reliable
809 use matching NFS rsize/wsize on Linux 2.0 and 2.[123] kernels.
810 verify that RPC requests come from reserved, privileged local ports
811 warn when Linux kernel headers mismatch with running kernel
812 pawd works for type:=nfsl too
814 *** Notes specific to am-utils version 6.0:
816 - updated or minor new ports:
817 hppa2.0w-hp-hpux11.00,
819 i386-unknown-freebsd2.2.8
820 i386-unknown-netbsd1.3.3
821 i386-unknown-openbsd2.4
823 powerpc-ibm-aix4.3.1.0
824 i386-unknown-freebsd3.0 now supports nfs v.3
826 - ctl-amd and ctl-hlfsd now compatible with RedHat's chkconfig utility
828 - ctl-amd stop will now wait until amd is down
830 - libamu.so completely self contained --- does not export any symbols which
831 must be defined by the process linking with it. This is so shared
832 libraries could be supported on systems that have restrictive shared
835 - use latest autoconf, automake, and libtool (off of cygnus' CVS server) to
836 support shared libraries on many more platforms.
838 - posix code cleanups
841 case insensitive host match in type:=nfsl
842 correct swapped args to kill(2)
843 try to avoid a race condition b/t mounting and unmounting
844 yp_all support is found in libnsl in RH-5.1 systems
846 *** Notes specific to am-utils version 6.0b1:
848 - updated or minor new ports:
849 - *-pc-linux-gnu (glibc2 systems such as RedHat 5.1)
850 - sparc-sun-solaris2.7
852 - i386-unknown-freebsd3.0 (official release, post 4.4lite port)
853 - sparc64-unknown-linux-gnu (RH 5.1 on Sun Sparc Ultra)
856 - major memory leak in processing of /defaults
857 - core dump if map_type given in amd.conf doesn't exist
858 - memory leak in replacement yp_all
859 - don't access uninitialized memory in DU 4.0
860 - other smaller bugs, see ChangeLog
862 *** Notes specific to am-utils version 6.0a16:
865 hppa1.0-hp-hpux11.00 (works, not NFS V.3 due to missing headers)
866 mips-dec-ultrix4.3 (working, unverified)
870 i386-unknown-netbsd1.3.1
873 - new options addopt:=ARG will "smartly" add and override options specified
876 - new amd.conf options:
877 pid_file: specifies the file to store the PID
878 hesiod_base: specifies the base for the Hesiod service
879 unmount_on_exit: if 'yes' will attempt to unmount all file systems
882 - amd.conf file is parsed after all other command line options. If no
883 options specified at all, then use /etc/amd.conf by default.
885 - some variables' values are now compared case-insensitive as per specs,
886 such as host names, domain names, and more.
888 - NIS service uses a new isup() function to detect if the service is up
889 before using it. Used to ensure amd doesn't clear the existing maps before
890 reloading them, unless the remote info service is working.
892 - new cdfs mount options: rrip, noversion, defperm, nodefperm (OSF)
894 - support efs/xfs separately on irix
896 - new -D info trace option to turn on info specific debugging, such as
897 RES_DEBUG for hesiod services.
899 - document updates and fixes
901 - new file MIRRORS lists official mirror sites (also in am-utils home page)
903 - new file BUGS lists known amd/OS bugs
905 - source restructuring: rename all Amd file-systems' sources to amfs_ARG.c
906 such that it matches the type:=ARG as well. Free names afs/dfs for Andrew
907 F/S and Distributed F/S.
909 - checkpoint config.guess several times during the long configure, so that
910 if it is aborted midway, the bulk of the features discovered will be re-read
911 from the config.cache file.
913 - more systems support shared libraries (libtool 1.2)
915 - using automake 1.3 + more fixes
918 use dynamic buffer for list of interfaces, not fixed size
919 output of amd -H duplicated if >2 interfaces
920 -D mem for hlfsd not on by default (so it will daemonize)
921 linux looks for ext2fs before ufs
922 CDFS looks for 'isofs' mount type as well
923 compile on Solaris 2.6 with /opt/SUNWspro/bin/cc
924 various additional fixes which gcc 2.8.x reported
925 print syslog help string based on what's supported
926 correctly ignore loopback interface on SunOS 3.x
927 don't use -lucb for strcasecmp
928 hlfsd's dump file securely written in /usr/tmp/hlfsd.dump.XXXXXX
929 inherit NFS V.3 mounts correctly
930 write pid file securely
932 *** Notes specific to am-utils version 6.0a15:
935 alpha-unknown-linux-gnu: works
936 i386-unknown-netbsd1.3: fully working
937 *-sun-sunos3: compiles, not tested
940 m68k-next-nextstep3: cleaner compile, works.
942 - new file system type nfsl (NFS Link). Uses nfs if file system is remote,
943 and link if it is local (based on if $rhost equals the host name).
945 - support for Solaris cachefs. Requires setting fs, rfs, and a new variable
946 cachedir. See documentation for explanation, examples, and caveats.
948 - support negated selector functions such as !exists(/foo/bar)
950 - wire, network, netnumber, in_network() selectors now match against all
951 locally attached networks (by either name or number), not just the first two
954 - new program pawd (and man page for it) --- Print Automounter Working
955 Directory, to print the proper pathname of the cwd or any other pathname,
956 adjusted for automounter paths, while avoiding mount points.
958 - two new switches to amq: -U will force using UDP only; -T will force using
959 only TCP to communicate with amd. If neither (or both) are specified, amq
960 will try TCP first, and if that failed, will try UDP.
962 - support syslog facilities, using "amd -l syslog:facility". Old behavior
963 when using only -l syslog is to use the LOG_DAEMON facility.
965 - you may specify browsable_dirs=full, to get a listing of all entries
966 (other than /default), including those with '*' wildcard and '/'
969 - amd -D trace now also includes as much of struct nfs_args as can be
970 displayed. Useful in figuring out what the kernel really gets during a
971 mount(2), as opposed to what the /etc/mnttab file says. -D trace also
972 traces the xdr_* functions.
974 - support for versions of shared libamu version. upped version from 0.0.0
975 to 1.0.0. each am-utils release that will change the library will also
978 - amd/ops_TEMPLATE.c: a new template file for those brave enough to try and
979 implement a new amd file system. Includes comments and other info useful
982 - if localconfig.h exists in the current directory during the run of
983 configure, it is included in all am-utils sources. This allows courageous
984 developers to make certain modifications during compilations, and especially
985 turn off undesired features (not very recommended).
987 - documentation types and updates for all new features, ports, etc.
990 support NFS mount options grpid and maxgrps
991 nextstep: set NFS success code to 0 (NFS_OK), not 1 (EPERM)
992 bsdi2: set NFS success code to 0 (NFS_OK), not 1 (EPERM)
993 set NFS V.3 mount table names to "nfs" if vers/proto exist
994 use mkstemp() if possible (more secure)
995 ctl-amd looks for amd.conf in ${prefix}/etc after /etc
996 hpux: use "ignore" mount table type
997 openbsd2.2: turn off "noconn" mount option, so only connected used
998 fixed memory leak in hlfsd (don't setpwent after endpwent)
999 all NFS3 systems should have proto/vers mount/amd options
1000 DEBUG_MEM compiles and prints something more useful
1001 uninit_mntfs(): free() mf_private *after* it is used
1002 browsable_readdir: fewer bytes sent back to kernel for each chunk
1003 mount_toplvl: don't free() an automatic variable!
1004 amd should chdir() to / before daemonzing (for core dumps etc)
1005 cdfs should be called 'cdfs' not whatever the mnttab type is
1006 amd -v: don't print "FS:" list twice when >=2 net interfaces
1008 *** Notes specific to am-utils version 6.0a14:
1011 powerpc-ibm-aix4.2.1.0: NFS V.3 works
1014 sparc-sun-sunos4.1.3C
1015 m68k-sun-sunos4.1.1 (sun3)
1018 - new option to amd, -O ARG, will override the operating systems *name* with
1019 ARG. Corrected documentation for amd -o ARG --- it overrides the operating
1020 system *version* and not the name as the docs incorrectly stated.
1022 - logging now behave more like syslog: will not print repeated strings, but
1023 rather a count such as "last message repeated N times". (N will not exceed
1026 - restructured the code which deals with the numerous possible fields and
1027 flags that are set in struct nfs_args. That code was moved to libamu as
1028 the functions compute_nfs_args() and compute_automounter_nfs_args().
1031 mnttab name ufs/cdfs/pcfs/etc filesystems corrected
1032 use pmap_ping for amq (a must for secure portmappers, bsdi2/3)
1033 test for xfs (irix) as a disk-based file system
1034 set correct nfs_prot headers for Solaris 2.5
1035 removed stale code from lostaltmail.in
1036 lostaltmail will look for conf file in multiple locations
1037 assorted documentation corrections
1038 amq does not print "get_secure_amd_client" if run as root
1040 *** Notes specific to am-utils version 6.0a13:
1042 - new in_network(ARG) nomadic selector, true if ARG is the name (or number)
1043 of any of this host's network interfaces.
1045 - removed variables primnetname, primnetnum, subsnetname, and subsnetnum.
1046 (Kept "wire" and its alias "network", and "netnumber".)
1048 - include am-utils.dvi and am-utils.ps in distribution.
1050 - hlfsd supports new option -P ARG, for reading password map off of file
1051 ARG. Allows you to use the hlfs redirector using paths other than user's
1054 - use a replacement yp_all for some systems (irix) known to have a broken
1055 one which leaks a file descriptor each time called.
1057 - if remote NFS server is down or does not support portmap, downgrade
1058 machine to NFS V.2 and retry again later.
1061 don't redefine yywrap on systems using a modified flex
1062 use correct "ignore" mnttab/mount option on hpux for df(1)
1063 use nfs_args' fsname field (hpux) to avoid syncer/mount(1) problems
1064 don't add ops_ufs.o twice to Makefile's $(OBJS)
1065 don't fail if autofs listener fails to initialize
1066 hlfsd should test if run as root after usage() and getopt
1068 - minor code cleanups for netbsd
1070 - html docs now in http://www.am-utils.org
1072 - added README file in binaries ftp directory
1074 *** Notes specific to am-utils version 6.0a12:
1076 - minor or updated/broken ports fixed:
1077 hppa1.1-hp-hpux10.10: compiles, untested (probably works).
1078 hppa1.1-hp-hpux9.05: compiles, untested (probably works).
1079 hppa1.1-hp-hpux9.07: compiles, untested (probably works).
1080 m68k-hp-hpux9.00: compiles, untested (probably works).
1081 rs6000-ibm-aix4.1.4.0: compiles, untested.
1082 sparc-sun-solaris2.6: works w/ NFS V.3.
1083 sparc-sun-sunos4.1.4: compiles, untested (probably works).
1086 powerpc-ibm-aix4.2.1.0: compiles w/ NFS V.3, untested.
1088 - wire-test also checks for combinations of NFS protocol/version from the
1089 client to a remote (or local) host.
1091 - conf/mtab/mtab_file.c: use flock() to lock the file, and fcntl() if
1092 flock() is not available. (Used to prefer fcntl() over flock().)
1095 tli get_nfs_version() gets into an infinite loop
1096 tli get_nfs_version() should time out faster
1097 sockets get_nfs_version() should work w/ secure portmappers
1098 ESTALE returned for NFS mounts for SunOS 4.x fixed
1099 do not exceed HOSTNAMESZ for nfs_args.hostname (get ENAMETOOLONG)
1100 properly initialize some mntent_t fields (fsck, freq, mnt_time)
1101 properly initialize some pcfs_args fields (mask, uid, gid)
1102 properly initialize some cdfs_args fields (ssector)
1104 *** Notes specific to am-utils version 6.0a11:
1107 amd could not NFS mount v.2 servers from v.3 clients
1108 hlfsd will only use first occurrence of home dir for same uid
1110 *** Notes specific to am-utils version 6.0a10:
1112 - MAJOR DOCUMENTATION UPDATE! (first time in 6 years)
1115 m68k-next-nextstep3: configures, compiles, not tested.
1117 - preliminary autofs support. See README.autofs for details.
1119 - new amd.conf [global] yes/no keywords:
1120 show_statfs_entries: shows number of entries for df(1)
1121 fully_qualified_hosts: use FQHN for NFS/RPC authentication
1123 - detect down remote hosts faster
1125 - log output of "amd -v" at startup
1127 - removed $osver override for solaris: now it is 2.5.1, not 5.5.1
1129 - buildall will use gmake first if available
1132 amd core dumped when remote host was down
1133 allow up to 1024 entries back from readdir()
1134 amd.conf works even if only [global] option defined
1135 avoid using bad memcmp() implementations
1136 fixed meaning of plock [global] option (was reversed)
1137 hlfsd infinite loop unless compiled with --enable-debug
1138 NIS code works with NIS+ servers in NIS compatibility mode
1139 reset tag fields in amd.conf so they don't carry to other entries
1141 *** Notes specific to am-utils version 6.0a9:
1144 sparc-sun-solaris2.4:
1145 configures/compiles, and runs (no NFS V3)
1146 i386-unknown-openbsd2.1:
1147 configures/compiles, runs (NFS V3)
1150 i486-ncr-sysv4.3.03: configures/compiles, not tested
1152 - Multiple amd support: new amd.conf [global] key "portmap_program" can be
1153 used to specify an alternate RPC program number for amd to un/register.
1154 Allowed numbers range from 300019 to 300029. A matching new option for amq:
1155 -P prognum, will use an alternate program number to contact.
1162 (other man pages required minor updates)
1164 - shared libraries support expanded. Using GNU libtool-1.0. You can build
1165 a shared version of libamu, and link with it accordingly, by specifying
1166 --enable-shared to configure. Default is --enable-static --disable-shared,
1167 and you can mix and match. See "INSTALL" file for listing of systems on
1168 which shared libraries seem to build and work fine.
1170 - new option: amq -p, will return the PID of the running amd (local or
1171 remote). Uses a new RPC message. Useful especially in "ctl-amd stop".
1173 - new configure script options --enable-ldflags, for specifying -L flags.
1174 The older --enable-libs is to be used only for -l options.
1176 - two new LDAP map options for amd.conf: ldap_cache_seconds and
1179 - new script, am-eject from Debian linux's version of amd-upl102.
1181 - additional passwd map support using var[0-3], from Debian folks.
1183 - hesiod code cleanup. works for hesiod 1.3 as well as 3.0.
1185 - removed defunct -h option from amd.
1187 - started using automake-1.2. This fixed several bugs that caused some
1188 versions of yacc/lex and non-GNU make to fail.
1191 amd/hlfsd mounts should be hidden from df(1)
1192 use "noconn" option for nfs mounts (multi-homed hosts)
1193 don't use connected sockets on linux before 1.3.10 (from Debian)
1194 better checks for [gn]dbm
1195 forbid excessive retries after timeouts (from Debian)
1196 readdir(): don't skip over map entries with prefix, and include it
1197 more assorted linux fixes from Debian folks
1198 lofs mount on svr4 was broken
1199 find default value of $karch from uname() not $arch
1200 hlfsd failed to mount itself on some little-endians
1203 *** Notes specific to am-utils version 6.0a8:
1206 i386-unknown-netbsd1.2.1: configures/compiles (with NFS V.3), works,
1207 but some OS stability problems exist.
1210 hppa1.1-hp-hpux9.01:
1211 now tested and working
1212 rs6000-ibm-aix3.2 and rs6000-ibm-aix3.2.5:
1213 now tested and working
1215 - fixed browsable directories (readdir) code.
1217 - better methods to find amd/hlfsd pid to kill in ctl-{amd,hlfsd}
1219 - "ignore/auto" mount types fixed for irix, sunos, and others, so "df" does not
1220 show amd mounts by default (but GNU df -a does).
1222 - each time amd is built, a new "build" version is incremented. See amd -v.
1224 - man page for fsinfo added
1226 - empty fillers for new file (bsd44) systems: nullfs, unionfs, umapfs.
1228 - when amd is not running, or portmapper is down, make amq timeout faster (5
1229 sec) than system default, usually 4-5 minutes.
1232 hlfsd mount got "protocol not supported"
1233 first regular map in amd.conf didn't inherit global options
1234 make "bad" versions of lex still work with amd/conf_parse.l
1235 check for 'nodev' option, not 'nondev'
1236 typo in "ro" option, and fillers to ac{reg,dir}{min,max} and others
1237 amd.conf parsing done before switching default log/debug options
1238 allow doubly-quoted values in amd.conf
1239 hesiod-reload code cleanup
1241 - assorted code cleanup
1244 *** Notes specific to am-utils version 6.0a7:
1247 i386-unknown-freebsd3.0:
1248 fully functional with NFS V.3
1249 sparc-sun-solaris2.3:
1250 fully functional (should work for 2.4)
1251 sparc-unknown-netbsd1.2E:
1252 configures/compiles (with NFS V.3), untested
1257 look for hesiod in libc
1259 fully functional with NFS V.3
1261 - LDAP support! New [global] amd.conf options ldap_base and ldap_hostports.
1262 Also includes a new script amd2ldif to convert amd maps into plain text LDAP
1265 - the following amd.conf variables: browsable_dirs, map_options, map_type,
1266 mount_type, and search_path --- can now be specified in [global] as well as
1267 the map entry itself. That way you can declare them only once in [global],
1268 and override them as needed per map.
1270 - option "cluster" added to [global] (HPUX clusters ala "amd -C").
1272 - assorted info_hesiod map fixes and cleanup. removed HESIOD_RELOAD code.
1274 - added netgrp(name) function to amd map syntax to see if current host is in
1275 the <name> netgroup.
1277 - removed unused option "amd -m".
1279 - filled in "tasks" file with todo items.
1281 - filled "COPYING" file with legal stuff.
1283 - cleanup: all global variables are now in one big structure (struct
1284 amu_global_options) that's easy to identify and enhance. Also migrated
1285 several flags that used be an integer each into one unsigned integer that's
1289 xdr_mountres3 should compile only if has NFS V3
1290 lex/yacc macros show full pathname (to tell if correct one runs)
1294 *** Notes specific to am-utils version 6.0a6:
1296 - amd configuration file!
1298 See scripts/amd.conf-sample for help and some explanation. This new conf
1299 file allows for the following new features:
1301 default selectors can be turned on/off globally.
1302 browsable_dirs/readdir() support can be turned on per map.
1303 search paths for file type maps.
1304 can force the map type to file, nis, ndbm, etc. rather than default
1305 to looking at all of them.
1306 tag each map for "amd -T tag", useful for grouping maps.
1307 can override $os and others (so if you don't like "sunos5" default
1308 naming, set os=sos5 and it will work with your old maps).
1311 - enable-default-selectors: No longer turned on by the configure script or
1312 optionally compiled. Code made dynamic and can be turned on or off from the
1313 amd.conf file. This code is off by default, and must be turned on by
1314 amd.conf's [global] section.
1317 mips-sgi-irix5.3: configure/compile, not tested
1318 i486-ncr-sysv4.3.03: configure/compile, not tested
1321 alpha-dec-osf4.0: major code redone
1322 sparc-sun-sunos4.1.3: fixed and working
1323 mips-sgi-irix6.2: tested with gcc and "cc -32 -Wl,-woff,84"
1324 mips-sgi-irix6.4: tested with gcc and "cc -32 -Wl,-woff,84"
1326 - better NFS3 port, including more support for proto= and vers=, and
1327 automatic determination of proto/vers combination.
1329 - conf/nfs_prot/nfs_prot_*.h: all of the NFS protocol header files had to be
1330 redone, because of the osf4 port. OSF used very different names for these,
1331 and they conflicted with am-utils'. The only solution was to more or less
1332 conform to OSF4's naming, and change all the others.
1335 improved to look for amd.conf in $prefix/etc and /etc
1336 better methods for finding the pid of amd to kill
1338 - autoconf support for LDAP. amd/info_ldap.c needs to be written.
1340 - wire-test also reports the local IP address. Some systems have multiple,
1341 buggy version of get_myaddress(), esp. SunOS and Irix. Note that Solaris
1342 x86 has a buggy htonl().
1344 - amd -H prints usage.
1347 minor TLI problem in fwd_socket
1348 mount options properly comma delimited
1349 LIBS is set only to the right set of libraries to include
1350 selectors-on-default code ignored last selector ent in /defaults
1351 assorted code cleanups
1354 *** Notes specific to am-utils version 6.0a5:
1356 - NFS Version 3 support!!!
1358 Works on Solaris 2.5.1.
1359 Minimal testing done on Irix 6.
1360 Compiles cleanly on DU-4.0 but no tests performed.
1362 Will fall back to V2 mounts when V3 is not available. Will also use TCP if
1363 possible, UDP otherwise.
1365 - Ports to new platforms:
1367 alpha-dec-osf4.0 (not tested)
1368 i386-pc-bsdi3.0 (tested and working)
1369 i386-unknown-freebsd2.2.1 (tested and working)
1370 sparc-unknown-linux-gnu (tested and working)
1372 - New scripts added:
1374 amd2sun: convert amd maps to Sun automount maps
1375 ctl-amd: script to start/stop/restart amd
1376 ctl-hlfsd: script to start/stop/restart hlfsd
1377 expn: expand mail alias (used by hlfsd)
1378 lostaltmail: redeliver "lost" mail redirected by hlfsd
1379 lostaltmail.conf-sample: sample conf file for lostaltmail
1380 wait4amd: run a command once amd is up on a host
1381 wait4amd2die: wait for an amd process to die before returning
1383 - "amd -v" now includes more info and "amq -v" lists all of it.
1385 - new parser for linux specific mount options.
1389 "new toplvl readdir" bug caused amd to dump core
1390 handler for SIGCHLD didn't check for all possible children
1391 hlfsd leaking file descriptors when home file system was full
1392 cdfs/pcfs mounts should not timeout by default
1393 hesiod domain names should be compared in case-insensitive manner
1394 several printfs in amq were missing \n
1397 *** Notes specific to am-utils version 6.0a4:
1399 - amd services both TCP and UDP amq requests. This will help because of the
1400 limited UDP message size.
1402 - "amq -M" code is disabled by default because it is insecure. It is
1403 rarely used. Users who wish to use it should run
1404 "configure --enable-amq-mount".
1407 *** Notes specific to am-utils version 6.0a3:
1409 - New tested ports (configures, compiles, and runs):
1411 i386-unknown-freebsd2.2
1413 - New ports (configures and compiles correctly, not tested):
1416 rs6000-ibm-aix4.1.5.0
1418 - More am-utils programs ported to all existing platforms: hlfsd, fsinfo,
1419 mk-amd-map, and fixmount.
1421 - Shared libraries: a new configure option --enable-shared will build a
1422 shared libamu.so, link applications with it, and use it. Reduces binary
1423 sizes by 20-30%. This is the first step towards loadable modules, as many
1424 changes had to be done to be able to compile and use PIC code. This is code
1425 that obviously needs to be generalized to be able to build shared libraries
1426 on many other platforms. It was only tested on Solaris 5.5.1.
1428 - the file INSTALL contains the latest compatibility table of which
1429 platforms am-utils configures, compiles and runs on.
1431 - Trimmed down the size of the configure script. Some tests that are not
1432 used anywhere were removed.
1435 *** Notes specific to am-utils version 6.0a2:
1437 - New ports (configures and compiles correctly, not tested):
1441 hppa1.1-hp-hpux10.20
1443 - new configure options:
1445 --enable-cppflags[=ARG]
1446 configure/compile with ARG (-I) preprocessor flags
1448 configure/compile with ARG (-L/-l) library flags
1450 - file system, mount table entries, and mount type tests can now look in
1451 /lib/modules and /proc/filesystems for statically/dyadically loadable kernel
1454 - prefer vfat over msdos/pc/etc file system for PCFS.
1456 - moved all fixed headers to include/am_defs. Left only #define/#undef
1457 entries in aux/acconfig.h.
1459 - make more sense of systems that have full, partial, or no NFS protocol
1462 - minor fixes for NetBSD (untested platform).
1466 - buildall -D: new option to run even stricter developer options.
1468 - lots of other bugs fixed (see ChangeLog).
1471 *** Notes specific to am-utils version 6.0a1:
1473 I have it configure and build correctly for the following systems:
1475 i386-pc-solaris2.5.1
1476 i386-unknown-freebsd2.1.0
1478 sparc-sun-solaris2.5.1
1479 sparc-sun-sunos4.1.3
1481 Amq, wire-test, and "amd -v" work on all of the above. A real running amd
1482 was only tested and confirmed working on
1484 i386-pc-solaris2.5.1
1485 sparc-sun-solaris2.5.1
1487 Many things are still missing: options, features, etc. But for now, let's
1488 concentrate on getting the basic functionality working on the more popular