Enhanced AutoFS B.11.11.0503.1 Release Notes HP-UX 11iv1 Manufacturing Part Number: B1031-90055 September 2005 United States © Copyright 2004-2005 Hewlett-Packard Company, L. P.
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Enhanced AutoFS B.11.11.0503.1 Release Notes The information in this document applies to the release of Enhanced AutoFS version B.11.11.0503.1, for HP-UX 11iv1.
Enhanced AutoFS B.11.11.0503.1 Release Notes Announcement Announcement AutoFS is a filesystem that automatically mounts directories as they are accessed and unmounts them when they are no longer needed. Enhanced AutoFS provides improvements in reliability and performance over other currently offered automounting facilities on HP-UX. This version of Enhanced AutoFS, B.11.11.0503.1, is primarily a defect fix release. For information about the defect fixes, see “Patches and Fixes in This Version” on page 12.
Enhanced AutoFS B.11.11.0503.1 Release Notes What Is In This Version What Is In This Version The features supported on Enhanced AutoFS B.11.11.0503.1 are as follows: Chapter • On-demand mounting - Enhanced AutoFS B.11.11.0503.1 mounts only the file systems that users access; other file systems that are hierarchically related to these file systems are mounted as needed. This increases the performance by preventing unnecessary mounting and unmounting. • Browsability - Enhanced AutoFS B.11.11.0503.
Enhanced AutoFS B.11.11.0503.1 Release Notes Installation Information Installation Information This section specifies the requirements for installing Enhanced AutoFS B.11.11.0503.1. It includes information on installing Enhanced AutoFS B.11.11.0503.1 and verifying the Enhanced AutoFS B.11.11.0503.1 installation. System Requirements The following section lists the requirements for installing Enhanced AutoFS B.11.11.0503.
Enhanced AutoFS B.11.11.0503.1 Release Notes Installation Information Verifying Enhanced AutoFS B.11.11.0503.1 Installation You can verify the Enhanced AutoFS B.11.11.0503.1 installation as follows: • To verify that Enhanced AutoFS B.11.11.0503.1 is successfully installed, run the following command: swlist -l bundle ENHAUTO If Enhanced AutoFS B.11.11.0503.1 is successfully installed, the following message appears: ENHAUTO B.11.11.0503.
Enhanced AutoFS B.11.11.0503.1 Release Notes Software Availability in Native Languages Software Availability in Native Languages Enhanced AutoFS B.11.11.0503.1 and its product documentation are available in English only.
Enhanced AutoFS B.11.11.0503.1 Release Notes Known Problems and Workarounds Known Problems and Workarounds Following lists the known problems and workarounds in Enhanced AutoFS B.11.11.0503.1: • After installation, if Enhanced AutoFS is not enabled, the following message is displayed in the syslog.log file: automount: WARNING: default option "nobrowse" ignored for map -hosts Workaround: This can be resolved by modifying the /etc/rc.config.d/nfsconf file. Set the AUTOFS variable to 1.
Enhanced AutoFS B.11.11.0503.1 Release Notes Patches and Fixes in This Version Patches and Fixes in This Version This section describes the patches and software fixes for this version of Enhanced AutoFS. Table 1 SR Number Defect Fixes JAGid Description 8606392131 JAGaf52263 Makes automountd a more well-behaved daemon by closing its file descriptors.
