Restarting AutoFS

To find a list of all the automounted directories on the client, run the following scripts:

for FS in $(grep autofs /etc/mnttab | awk ‘{print $2}’)

do 

  grep ‘nfs’ /etc/mnttab | awk ‘{print $2}’ | grep ^${FS} 

done

To determine whether each automounted directory returned by the grep command is currently in use, enter the following command:

/usr/sbin/fuser -cu local_mount_point

This command lists the process IDs and user names of all the users who are using the mounted directory.

Warn any users to exit the directory, and terminate any processes that are using the directory, or wait until the processes terminate. To terminate all the processes that are using the mounted directory, enter the following command:

/usr/sbin/fuser -ck local_mount_point

To stop AutoFS, enter the following command:

/sbin/init.d/autofs stop

	IMPORTANT: Do not stop the automountd daemon with the kill command. It does not unmount AutoFS mount-points before it terminates. Use the autofs stop command instead.

To ensure that AutoFS is no longer active, enter the ps command:

/usr/bin/ps -ef | grep automount

If the ps command indicates that AutoFS is still active, ensure that all users have exited the automounted directories and then try again. Do not restart AutoFS until all the automount processes are terminated.

To start AutoFS, enter the following command:

/sbin/init.d/autofs start