AutoFS enables you to automount multiple directories simultaneously (hierarchical
mounts).
Use an editor to create an entry with the following format
in a direct or indirect AutoFS map:
local_dir /local_subdirectory [-options] \
server:remote_directory \
/local_subdirectory [-options] server:remote_directory \ .. |
(Create the map, if necessary, and add it to the AutoFS master
map.)
AutoFS ignores line breaks if lines end with the backslash
(\) character. Therefore, the previous entry is effectively
a one-line entry. Map entries with this format cause all the remote
directories on the line to be mounted at the same time.
For example, the following entry from a direct map mounts
the source code and the data files for a project whenever anyone
requests access to both of them; they are mounted for on-demand
mounting.
/our_project /source -ro broccoli:/opt/proj1/src \
/datafiles cauliflower:/opt/proj1/samples/data |
The following is another example from an indirect map:
chap2 -nosuid /text sage:/our_book/chap2 \
/graphics basil:/our_book/artwork/chap2 \
/old sage:/our_book/oldfiles/chap2 |
In this example, the same mount option (nosuid) applies to all three automounted directories.
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