Restarting Enhanced AutoFS

To find a list of all the automounted directories on the client, issue the following script:

for FS in $(grep autofs /etc/mnttab | awk ‘{print $2}’)
do
 grep ‘nfs’ /etc/mnttab | awk ‘{print $2}’ | grep ^${FS} 
done

For every automounted directory listed by the grep command, issue the following command to determine whether the directory is currently in use:

/usr/sbin/fuser -cu local_mount_point

This command lists the process IDs and user names of all the users using the mounted directory.

Warn any user to cd out of the directory, and kill any process that is using the directory, or wait until the processes terminate. You can issue the following command to kill all the processes using the mounted directory:

/usr/sbin/fuser -ck local_mount_point

To kill Enhanced AutoFS, issue the following command:

/sbin/init.d/nfs.client stop

	WARNING! Do not kill the automountd daemon with the kill command because it does not die gracefully. Moreover, it does not unmount AutoFS mount points before it dies. Use the nfs.client stop script to make sure automountd dies cleanly.

To ensure that Enhanced AutoFS is no longer active, issue the ps command as follows:

/usr/bin/ps -ef | grep automount

If the ps command indicates that Enhanced AutoFS is still active, make sure all users are out of the automounted directories, and then try again. Do not restart Enhanced AutoFS until all automount processes have terminated.

To start Enhanced AutoFS, issue the following command:

/sbin/init.d/nfs.client start