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<!-- Use "HOWTO", "mini HOWTO", "FAQ" in title, if appropriate -->
<title>Autodir HOWTO</title>
<authorgroup>
<author>
<firstname>Francesco Paolo</firstname>
<surname>Lovergine</surname>
<affiliation>
<orgname>Debian Project</orgname>
<!-- Valid email...spamblock/scramble if so desired -->
<address><email>frankie &lt;&gt; debian dot com</email></address>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author>
<firstname>Venkata Ramana</firstname>
<surname>Enaganti</surname>
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<address><email>ramana &lt;&gt; intraperson dot com</email></address>
</affiliation>
</author>
</authorgroup>
<editor>
<firstname>Rahul</firstname>
<surname>Sundaram</surname>
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</editor>
<!-- All dates specified in ISO "YYYY-MM-DD" format -->
<pubdate>2004-09-23</pubdate>
<pubdate>2023-12-23</pubdate>
<!-- Most recent revision goes at the top; list in descending order -->
<revhistory id="revhistory">
<revision>
<revnumber>1.05</revnumber>
<date>2023-12-23</date>
<authorinitials>FPL</authorinitials>
<revremark>Review requested by current maintainer</revremark>
</revision>
<revision>
<revnumber>1.04</revnumber>
<date>2007-5-25</date>
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<para>
Feedback is most certainly welcome for this document. Send
your additions, comments and criticisms to the following
email address : <email>ramana &lt;&gt; intraperson dot com</email>.
email address : <email>frankie &lt;&gt; debian dot org</email>.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>New Versions of this Document</title>
<para>The latest version of this HOWTO will be made available from <ulink url="http://www.intraperson.com/autodir/">http://www.intraperson.com/autodir/</ulink>.</para>
<para>The latest version of this HOWTO will be made available from <ulink url="https://github.com/fpl/autodir/">https://github.com/fpl/autodir/</ulink>.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="credits">
<title>Credits / Contributors</title>
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<sect1>
<title>Before going into the details...</title>
<para>After releasing intraperson beta, I started working on a administration guide that deals with the administration aspects of <emphasis role="bold">intraPerson</emphasis>. For more details check <ulink url="http://www.intraperson.com" />. But I was stuck with one simple thing. It is easy to create users in LDAP - at least I think so - but how to create home directories for those users in LDAP wherever those LDAP accounts are imported?</para>
<para>After releasing his software intraperson beta, Ramana started working on a administration guide that deals with the administration aspects of <emphasis role="bold">intraPerson</emphasis>. But he was stuck with one simple thing. It is easy to create users in LDAP - at least I think so - but how to create home directories for those users in LDAP wherever those LDAP accounts are imported?</para>
<para>I found some solutions, but I was not satisfied as every solution has serious drawbacks. After leafing through the Autofs documents and hacking a bit, I came to the conclusion that the Autofs protocol might offer a much better solution to this challenge.</para>
<para>Ramana found some solutions, but he was not satisfied as every solution has serious drawbacks. After leafing through the Autofs documents and hacking a bit, he came to the conclusion that the Autofs protocol might offer a much better solution to this challenge.</para>
<para>The result is <emphasis role="bold">Autodir</emphasis>, based on the Autofs protocol.</para>
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<sect1>
<title>Getting Autodir</title>
<para>At this moment <emphasis role="bold">Autodir</emphasis> is available in tar and rpm formats. More information can be found at <ulink url="http://www.intraperson.com/autodir/">http://www.intraperson.com/autodir/</ulink>.</para>
<para>At this moment <emphasis role="bold">Autodir</emphasis> is available in the main archive of Debian GNU/Linux and all its derivative distribution, including Ubuntu. Source repository is hosted on Github at <ulink url="https://github.com/fpl/autodir/">https://github.com/fpl/autodir/</ulink>.</para>
<para>After downloading the source, follow these simple steps to install :</para>
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<sect1 id="moreinfo">
<title>Further Information</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para><emphasis role="bold">Mailing list for autodir </emphasis><ulink url="http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/intraperson-autodir">http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/intraperson-autodir</ulink>.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Official website is at <ulink url="http://www.intraperson.com/autodir/">http://www.intraperson.com/autodir/</ulink>.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Official website is at <ulink url="https://github.com/fpl/autodir/">https://github.com/fpl/autodir/</ulink>.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Autofs mailing list <ulink url="http://linux.kernel.org/mailman/listinfo/autofs">http://linux.kernel.org/mailman/listinfo/autofs</ulink>.</para></listitem>