NFS Services Administrator's Guide

Configuring and Administering NFS

Configuring and Administering the NFS Automounter

Chapter 2 91

If the directory is configured in an indirect map, issuing the ls command

from the parent directory will display nothing. When you cd to a

subdirectory configured in the indirect map, or issue the command

ls subdirectory, the subdirectory will be mounted.

Therefore, if you have the following indirect map configuration,

# /etc/auto_master file

# local mount point map name mount options

/nfs/desktop /etc/auto_desktop

# /etc/auto_desktop file

# local mount point mount options remote

server:directory

draw -nosuid

thyme:/export/apps/draw

write -nosuid basil:/export write

and you issue the following commands,

cd /nfs/desktop

the ls command will produce no output, because the draw and write

subdirectories are not currently mounted. However, if you issue the

following commands,

cd /nfs/desktop/write

cd /nfs/desktop/draw

cd ..

the ls command will display

draw write

If the automounter is not mounting your configured directories, see

“Troubleshooting NFS Services” on page 287.

To Modify or Remove (Unmount) an Automounted