NFS Services Administrator's Guide

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Configuring and Administering NFS

Configuring and Administering an NFS Client

Chapter 242

To Mount a Remote Directory Using a Standard NFS

Mount

1. In the /etc/fstab file, use a text editor to add a line for each remote

directory you want mounted on your system. If the /etc/fstab file

does not exist, you will have to create it. A line in the /etc/fstab file

has the following syntax:

server:remote_directory local_directory nfs defaults 0 0

server:remote_directory local_directory nfs

option[,option...] 0 0

For descriptions of the mount options, see “To Change the Default

Mount Options” on page 46.

Disadvantage:

Standard NFS mounts

provide no shortcut for

configuring all

available remote

directories; each

directory must be

configured explicitly. If

the NFS servers

change which

directories they are

exporting, you must

change your local NFS

client configuration.

Advantage: AutoFS

allows you to configure a

special “built-in” map

(the -hosts map), which

causes all the exported

directories from any NFS

server on the network to

be automounted on your

system whenever anyone

requests access to a

directory on that server.

The servers can change

which directories they

export, and your

configuration remains

valid.

Advantage: The

automounter allows you

to configure a special

“built-in” map (the

-hosts map), which

causes all the exported

directories from any

NFS server on the

network to be

automounted on your

system whenever

anyone requests access

to a directory on that

server. The servers can

change which

directories they export,

and your configuration

remains valid.

Table 2-1 Standard-Mounted vs. Automounted Directories (Continued)

Standard-Mounted