NFS Services Administrator's Guide (5900-1632, August 2011)

Sample File Entries for NFS Direct Automounts..................................................................61
Automounting a Remote Directory Using an Indirect Map........................................................62
Notes on Indirect Maps.................................................................................................63
Sample File Entries for NFS Indirect Automounts................................................................63
Using Environment Variables as Shortcuts in AutoFS Maps...........................................................64
Using Wildcard Characters as Shortcuts in AutoFS Maps.............................................................65
Notes on Using Wildcard Characters as Shortcuts in Maps.....................................................65
Automounting Home Directories................................................................................................66
Example of Automounting a User’s Home Directory................................................................66
Special Maps.........................................................................................................................67
Automounting All Exported Directories from Any Host Using the -hosts Map...............................67
Notes on the -hosts Map................................................................................................68
Turning Off an AutoFS Map Using the -null Map....................................................................69
Notes on the -null Map..................................................................................................69
Using Executable Maps......................................................................................................69
Advanced AutoFS Administration..............................................................................................69
Automounting Multiple Directories (Multiple Mounts)...............................................................70
Configuring Replicated Servers for an AutoFS Directory...........................................................70
Example of using the /etc/netmasks File..........................................................................71
Notes on Configuring Replicated Servers..........................................................................71
Including a Map in Another Map.........................................................................................72
Creating a Hierarchy of AutoFS Maps...................................................................................72
Sample Map Hierarchy..................................................................................................72
Modifying or Removing an Automounted Directory from a Map....................................................73
Verifying the AutoFS Configuration............................................................................................73
Disabling AutoFS....................................................................................................................74
Restarting AutoFS....................................................................................................................74
Troubleshooting AutoFS...........................................................................................................75
AutoFS Logging.................................................................................................................75
To Start AutoFS Logging.................................................................................................75
To Stop AutoFS Logging.................................................................................................76
AutoFS Tracing..................................................................................................................76
To Start and Stop AutoFS Detailed Tracing........................................................................76
To Start AutoFS Basic Tracing..........................................................................................76
To Stop AutoFS Basic Tracing .........................................................................................77
AutoFS Tracing Output...................................................................................................77
Mount Event Tracing Output.......................................................................................77
Unmount Event Tracing Output...................................................................................78
AutoFS Configuration in Build Environment............................................................................78
4 Configuring and Administering a Cache Filesystem.......................................79
CacheFS Overview.................................................................................................................79
CacheFS Terms.......................................................................................................................79
How CacheFS Works..............................................................................................................80
Features of CacheFS...............................................................................................................80
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...............................................................................................85
Forcing a Cache Consistency Check.....................................................................................87
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