NFS Services Administrator Guide (5900-3045, March 2013)

Table 8 Standard-Mounted Versus Automounted Directories (continued)
Automounted Directory (Using AutoFS)Standard-Mounted Directory
configure each directory separately. If the NFS servers
change the directories they are exporting, you must
change your local NFS client configuration.
exported directories from any NFS server on the network on
your system whenever anyone requests access to a directory
on that server. The servers can change which directories they
export, but your configuration remains valid.
Enabling an NFS Client
To enable an NFS client, follow these steps:
1. In the /etc/rc.config.d/nfsconf file, set the value of NFS_CLIENT variable to 1, as
follows:
NFS_CLIENT=1
2. Enter the following command to run the NFS client startup script:
/sbin/init.d/nfs.client start
The NFS client startup script starts the necessary NFS client daemons, and mounts the remote
directories configured in the /etc/fstab file.
Mounting Remote Directories
The mount command mounts a shared NFS directory from a remote system (NFS server).
You can mount a filesystem using the following methods:
• Automatic Mounting at System Boot time
To set up a filesystem for automatic mounting at system boot time, you must configure it in the
/etc/fstab file. All filesystems specified in the /etc/fstab file are mounted during system
reboot.
• Manual Mounting
When you manually mount a filesystem, it is not persistent across reboots or when NFS client
restarts. If the NFS client is restarted or the system is rebooted, the filesystem must be mounted
again after the reboot. To mount filesystems manually, you must run the mount command.
For a list of mount options, see mount_nfs(1M).
Consider the following points before you mount a directory:
• Before you mount a remote directory on your system, you must configure the remote system
as an NFS server and share the directory.
• You must configure a local directory as the mount-point for the NFS filesystem. HP recommends
that the mount-point not contain files and directories. However, if the local directory contains
files and directories, they will be hidden and inaccessible while the remote directory is mounted.
Mounting a Remote Directory on an NFS client
To mount a directory on an NFS client, select one of the following methods:
Automatic Mount
To configure a remote directory to be automatically mounted at system boot, follow these steps:
1. Add an entry to the /etc/fstab file, for each remote directory you want to mount on your
system. Following is the syntax for the entry in the /etc/fstab file:
server:remote_directory local_directory nfs defaults 0 0
or
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