NFS Services Administrator Guide for 11i v3 (5900-2572, September 2012)

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.......................................78
CacheFS Overview.................................................................................................................78
CacheFS Terms.......................................................................................................................78
How CacheFS Works..............................................................................................................79
Features of CacheFS...............................................................................................................80
Configuring and Administering CacheFS...................................................................................81
Creating a CacheFS Cache.................................................................................................81
Mounting an NFS Filesystem Using CacheFS.........................................................................82
Switching Mount Options...............................................................................................82
Automounting a Filesystem Using CacheFS............................................................................83
Enabling Logging in CacheFS..............................................................................................83
Disabling Logging in CacheFS.............................................................................................84
Caching a Complete Binary................................................................................................84
Packing a Cached Filesystem...............................................................................................85
Forcing a Cache Consistency Check.....................................................................................86
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