AutoFS Logging

Log on as root to the NFS client.

Issue the following command to get a list of all the automounted directories on the client:

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 the users to cd out of the directory, and kill the processes that are 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 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.

Add -v to the AUTOMOUNTD_OPTIONS variable in the /etc/rc.config.d/nfsconf file, as shown in the following example:

AUTOMOUNTD_OPTIONS = “-v”

This change enables AutoFS logging.

To start AutoFS, issue the following command:

/sbin/init.d/nfs.client start