NFS Services Administrator's Guide

Configuring and Administering NFS
Configuring and Administering an NFS Client
Chapter 2 39
Advantage: The
configured mount point
is the actual mount
point. This is
straightforward and
does not confuse users
or programs that
require NFS-mounted
files and directories.
Advantage: The
configured mount point
is the actual mount
point. This is
straightforward and does
not confuse users or
programs that require
NFS-mounted files and
directories.
Disadvantage: The
automounter maintains
its own directory of
mount points, and the
mount points you
configure are links to
this directory. A user
using an automounted
directory could be
confused by the output
of the pwd command in
a C or Bourne shell,
which displays the
actual mount point
under /tmp_mnt rather
than the configured
mount point. (The Korn
shell pwd command
displays the configured
mount point.)
If a directory is not
mounted, attempting
access to the actual
mount point will not
cause a mount to occur,
but attempting access
to the configured mount
point will. This can be
confusing to users and
to programs that use
the pwd command, like
the at command.
Table 2-1 Standard-Mounted vs. Automounted Directories (Continued)
Standard-Mounted
Directory
Automounted
Directory (using
AutoFS)
Automounted
Directory (using
Automounter)