NFS Services Administrator's Guide (5900-2134, March 2012)

Sample File Entries for NFS Direct Automounts
Following are sample entries from the AutoFS master map on the NFS client, sage:
# /etc/auto_master file
# local mount-point map name mount options
/- /etc/auto_direct
Following are sample entries from an AutoFS direct map on the NFS client, sage. The hash (#)
symbol indicates a commented line.
# /etc/auto_direct file
# local mount-point mount options remote server:directory
/auto/project/specs -nosuid thyme:/export/project/specs
/auto/project/budget -nosuid basil:/export/FY94/proj1
Figure 10 illustrates how AutoFS sets up direct mounts.
Figure 10 How AutoFS Sets Up Direct Mounts
Automounting a Remote Directory Using an Indirect Map
This section describes how to automount a remote directory using an indirect map.
To automount a remote directory using an indirect map, follow these steps:
1. If you are using local files for maps, use an editor to edit the master map in the /etc directory.
The master map is commonly called /etc/auto_master. If you are using NIS, open the
master map on the corresponding master server.
If you are using LDAP, the map must be modified on the LDAP server. For information on
modifying the map, see the LDAP-UX Client Services B.04.00 Administrator’s Guide
(J4269-90064).
If the indirect map you modified is not listed in the master map, add the following entry to the
master map:
local_parent_directory indirect_map_name [mount_options]
2. If you are using local files for your AutoFS maps, use an editor to open or create an indirect
map in the /etc directory. Add a line with the following syntax, to the indirect map:
local_subdirectory [mount_options] server:remote_directory
If you are using NIS or LDAP to manage maps, add an entry to an indirect map on the
corresponding NIS master server or the LDAP directory.
3. If you are using NIS to manage maps, rebuild the maps and push them to the slave servers.
For more information on NIS maps, see the NIS Administrator’s Guide (5991-2187).
4. If you modified the master map, enter the following command on each host that uses the map,
to force AutoFS to read the modified master map:
Configuring AutoFS Direct and Indirect Mounts 61