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NFS Services Administrator’s Guide: HP-UX 11i version 3

Chapter 3 Configuring and Administering AutoFS

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AutoFS Filesystem
The automount Command
The automountd Daemon

Maps Overview

On-Demand Mounting
Browsability for Indirect Maps
Concurrent Mount And Unmount
NFS Loopback Mount
Client-side Failover Support
Secure NFS Support
Reliable NFS Ping

Supported Filesystems

Supported Backends (Map Locations)

Enabling LDAP Support for AutoFS

AutoFS Configuration Prerequisites

Updating from Automounter to AutoFS

AutoFS Configuration Changes

Configuring AutoFS Using the nfsconf File
Configuring AutoFS Using the/etc/default/autofs File

Enabling AutoFS

Notes on AutoFS Master Map

Deciding Between Direct and Indirect Automounts

Configuring AutoFS Direct and Indirect Mounts

Automounting a Remote Directory Using a Direct Map
Automounting a Remote Directory Using an Indirect Map

Using Environment Variables as Shortcuts in AutoFS Maps

Using Wildcard Characters as Shortcuts in AutoFS Maps

Notes on Using Wildcard Characters as Shortcuts in Maps

Automounting Home Directories

Example of Automounting a User’s Home Directory

Special Maps

Automounting All Exported Directories from Any Host Using the -hosts Map
Turning Off an AutoFS Map Using the -null Map
Using Executable Maps

Advanced AutoFS Administration

Automounting Multiple Directories (Hierarchical Mounts)
Configuring Replicated Servers for an AutoFS Directory
Including a Map in Another Map
Creating a Hierarchy of AutoFS Maps

Modifying or Removing an Automounted Directory from a Map

Verifying the AutoFS Configuration

Disabling AutoFS

Restarting AutoFS

Troubleshooting AutoFS

AutoFS Logging
AutoFS Tracing

This chapter provides an overview of AutoFS and the AutoFS environment. It also describes how to configure and administer AutoFS on a system running HP-UX 11i v3.

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