NFS Services Administrator's Guide (B1031-90072, March 2011)

Features
This section discusses the features that AutoFS supports on systems running HP-UX 11i v3.
On-Demand Mounting
In HP-UX 11i v3, the filesystems being accessed are mounted automatically. Filesystems that are
hierarchically related to the automounted filesystems are mounted only when necessary.
Consider the following scenario where the AutoFS master map, /etc/auto_master, and the
direct map, /etc/auto_direct, are on the NFS client, sage. Following are the contents of the
master map, the /etc/auto_master file, which contains a single direct map entry:
# /etc/auto_master file
# local mount-point map name mount options
/- /etc/auto_direct
Following are the contents of the direct map, /etc/auto_direct, which contains the local
mount-points on the client and the directory on the server:
# /etc/auto_direct file
# local mount-point mount options remote server:directory
/auto/project/specs -nosuid thyme:/export/project/specs
/auto/project/specs/reqmnts -nosuid thyme:/export/projects/specs/reqmnts
/auto/project/specs/design -nosuid thyme:/export/projects/specs/design
A user on the NFS client, sage, enters the following command:
cd /auto/project/specs
Only the /auto/project/specs subdirectory is mounted. The /auto/project/specs/
design subdirectory is mounted only when it is accessed, for example by using the following
command:
cd /auto/project/specs/design
Figure 8 (page 51) illustrates the automounted file structure after the user enters the command.
Figure 8 Automounted Directories for On-Demand Mounting
Browsability for Indirect Maps
AutoFS now enables you to view the potential mount-points for indirect maps without mounting
each filesystem.
Consider the following scenario where the AutoFS master map, /etc/auto_master, and the
indirect map, /etc/auto_indirect, are on the NFS client, sage. Following are the contents
of the master map, the /etc/auto_master file, which contains a single indirect map entry:
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