NFS Services Administrator's Guide (B.11.31.02) January 2008

Deciding Between Direct and Indirect Automounts............................................................................65
Configuring AutoFS Direct and Indirect Mounts.................................................................................66
Automounting a Remote Directory Using a Direct Map................................................................66
Notes on Direct Maps.................................................................................................................67
Sample File Entries for NFS Direct Automounts.......................................................................68
Automounting a Remote Directory Using an Indirect Map...........................................................68
Notes on Indirect Maps..............................................................................................................69
Sample File Entries for NFS Indirect Automounts....................................................................70
Using Environment Variables as Shortcuts in AutoFS Maps...............................................................70
Using Wildcard Characters as Shortcuts in AutoFS Maps...................................................................71
Notes on Using Wildcard Characters as Shortcuts in Maps...........................................................71
Automounting Home Directories.........................................................................................................72
Example of Automounting a User’s Home Directory.....................................................................73
Special Maps.........................................................................................................................................73
Automounting All Exported Directories from Any Host Using the -hosts Map........................74
Notes on the -hosts Map..........................................................................................................74
Turning Off an AutoFS Map Using the -null Map.......................................................................75
Notes on the -null Map...........................................................................................................75
Using Executable Maps...................................................................................................................76
Advanced AutoFS Administration.......................................................................................................76
Automounting Multiple Directories (Hierarchical Mounts)...........................................................76
Configuring Replicated Servers for an AutoFS Directory...............................................................77
Example of using the /etc/netmasks File.............................................................................77
Notes on Configuring Replicated Servers..................................................................................78
Including a Map in Another Map....................................................................................................78
Creating a Hierarchy of AutoFS Maps............................................................................................78
Sample Map Hierarchy..............................................................................................................79
Modifying or Removing an Automounted Directory from a Map......................................................79
Verifying the AutoFS Configuration.....................................................................................................80
Disabling AutoFS..................................................................................................................................80
Restarting AutoFS.................................................................................................................................81
Troubleshooting AutoFS.......................................................................................................................81
AutoFS Logging...............................................................................................................................81
To Start AutoFS Logging............................................................................................................82
To Stop AutoFS Logging............................................................................................................82
AutoFS Tracing................................................................................................................................82
To Start and Stop AutoFS Detailed Tracing...............................................................................82
To Start AutoFS Basic Tracing....................................................................................................83
To Stop AutoFS Basic Tracing ....................................................................................................83
AutoFS Tracing Output..............................................................................................................83
Mount Event Tracing Output................................................................................................84
Unmount Event Tracing Output...........................................................................................84
4 Configuring and Administering a Cache Filesystem................................................87
CacheFS Overview................................................................................................................................87
CacheFS Terms......................................................................................................................................87
How CacheFS Works............................................................................................................................88
Features of CacheFS..............................................................................................................................88
Configuring and Administering CacheFS............................................................................................90
Creating a CacheFS Cache...............................................................................................................90
Mounting an NFS Filesystem Using CacheFS.................................................................................91
Switching Mount Options..........................................................................................................91
Automounting a Filesystem Using CacheFS...................................................................................92
Enabling Logging in CacheFS.........................................................................................................92
Table of Contents 5