Table of Contents
This chapter describes how to configure and administer AutoFS on a system running HP-UX 11i v3.
This chapter addresses the following topics:
“How AutoFS Works”
“Supported Filesystems”
“On-Demand Mounting”
“Browsability for Indirect Maps”
“NFS Loopback Mount”
“Map Locations (Backends)”
“Enabling AutoFS for LDAP Support”
“Enabling AutoFS”
“Disabling AutoFS”
“Restarting AutoFS”
“AutoFS Configuration Prerequisites”
“Deciding Between Direct and Indirect NFS Automounts”
“Automounting a Remote Directory Using a Direct Map”
“Automounting a Remote Directory Using an Indirect Map”
“Automounting Home Directories”
“Automounting All Exported Directories from Any Host Using the -hosts Map”
“Automounting Multiple Directories (Hierarchical Mounts)”
“Configuring Replicated Servers for an AutoFS Directory”
“Using Executable Maps”
“Using Environment Variables as Shortcuts in AutoFS Maps”
“Using Wildcard Characters as Shortcuts in AutoFS Maps”
“Including a Map in Another Map”
“Creating a Hierarchy of AutoFS Maps”
“Turning Off an AutoFS Map with the -null Map”
“Modifying or Removing an Automounted Directory from a Map”
“Verifying the AutoFS Configuration”
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