Supported Filesystems

AutoFS enables you to mount different types of filesystems. To mount the filesystems, use the fstypemount option, and specify the location field of the map entry. Following is a list of supported filesystems and the appropriate map entry:

AutoFS

mount-point -fstype=autofs autofs_map_name




	NOTE: You can specify another AutoFS map name in the location field of the map-entry. This would enable AutoFS to trigger other AutoFS mounts.

CacheFS

mount-point -fstype=cachefs, cachedir=/cache_directory, backfstype=nfs server:/source_directory




	NOTE: You must ensure that the back-end filesystem, for example NFS, must be made available. Also, the cache directory must have been created.

HFS

mount-point -fstype=hfs :/device_path

NFS

mount-point server:/source directory




	NOTE: You must ensure that the source directory has been created and exported on the server.

VxFS

mount-point /source_directory




	NOTE: You must ensure that the source directory has been created.




	NOTE: The examples specified are for AutoFS maps stored in plain files. You can use specific tools to convert the maps to other supported backends, such as NIS or LDAP.

To mount a CD-ROM device, follow these steps:

Log in as superuser.
Update the appropriate AutoFS map, as follows:
cdrom -fstype=hsfs, ro :/dev/sr0
For mount devices, If the mount resource begins with a “ / ” , it must be preceded by a colon. For instance in the above section, the CD-ROM device, /dev/sr0, is preceded by the colon.

Supported Filesystems

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