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

Sample File Entries for NFS Direct Automounts..................................................................61
Automounting a Remote Directory Using an Indirect Map........................................................61
Notes on Indirect Maps.................................................................................................62
Sample File Entries for NFS Indirect Automounts................................................................62
Using Environment Variables as Shortcuts in AutoFS Maps...........................................................63
Using Wildcard Characters as Shortcuts in AutoFS Maps.............................................................64
Notes on Using Wildcard Characters as Shortcuts in Maps.....................................................64
Automounting Home Directories................................................................................................65
Example of Automounting a User’s Home Directory................................................................66
Special Maps.........................................................................................................................66
Automounting All Exported Directories from Any Host Using the -hosts Map...............................66
Notes on the -hosts Map................................................................................................67
Turning Off an AutoFS Map Using the -null Map....................................................................68
Notes on the -null Map..................................................................................................68
Using Executable Maps......................................................................................................68
Advanced AutoFS Administration..............................................................................................69
Automounting Multiple Directories (Multiple Mounts)...............................................................69
Configuring Replicated Servers for an AutoFS Directory...........................................................69
Example of using the /etc/netmasks File..........................................................................70
Notes on Configuring Replicated Servers..........................................................................70
Including a Map in Another Map.........................................................................................71
Creating a Hierarchy of AutoFS Maps...................................................................................71
Sample Map Hierarchy..................................................................................................71
Modifying or Removing an Automounted Directory from a Map....................................................72
Verifying the AutoFS Configuration............................................................................................72
Disabling AutoFS....................................................................................................................73
Restarting AutoFS....................................................................................................................73
Troubleshooting AutoFS...........................................................................................................74
AutoFS Logging.................................................................................................................74
To Start AutoFS Logging.................................................................................................74
To Stop AutoFS Logging.................................................................................................75
AutoFS Tracing..................................................................................................................75
To Start and Stop AutoFS Detailed Tracing........................................................................75
To Start AutoFS Basic Tracing..........................................................................................75
To Stop AutoFS Basic Tracing .........................................................................................76
AutoFS Tracing Output...................................................................................................76
Mount Event Tracing Output.......................................................................................76
Unmount Event Tracing Output...................................................................................77
AutoFS Configuration in Build Environment............................................................................77
4 Configuring and Administering a Cache Filesystem.......................................79
CacheFS Overview.................................................................................................................79
CacheFS Terms.......................................................................................................................79
How CacheFS Works..............................................................................................................80
Features of CacheFS...............................................................................................................81
Configuring and Administering CacheFS...................................................................................82
Creating a CacheFS Cache.................................................................................................82
Mounting an NFS Filesystem Using CacheFS.........................................................................83
Switching Mount Options...............................................................................................83
Automounting a Filesystem Using CacheFS............................................................................84
Enabling Logging in CacheFS..............................................................................................84
Disabling Logging in CacheFS.............................................................................................85
Caching a Complete Binary................................................................................................85
Packing a Cached Filesystem...............................................................................................86
Forcing a Cache Consistency Check.....................................................................................87
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