NFS Services Administrator's Guide (B.11.31.04) March 2009

Figure 3-9 shows the automounted directory structure after the user enters the second
command.
Figure 3-9 Automounted Directories from the -hosts Map—Two Servers
Turning Off an AutoFS Map Using the -null Map
To turn off a map using the -null map, follow these steps:
1. Add a line with the following syntax in the AutoFS master map:
local_directory -null
2. If AutoFS is running, enter the following command on each client that uses the
map, to force AutoFS to reread its maps:
/usr/sbin/automount
This enables AutoFS to ignore the map entry that does not apply to your host.
Notes on the -null Map
The -null map is used to ignore mapping entries that do not apply to your host, but
which would otherwise be inherited from the NIS or LDAP maps.
The -null option causes AutoFS to ignore AutoFS map entries that affect the specified
directory. For example, an NIS (or LDAP) auto_master map is configured such that
AutoFS mounts the auto_home map on /home, as follows:
/home auto_home
You can include the following line in the /etc/auto_master file, before the
+auto_master entry, so that the NIS auto_home map is not used for the system:
/home -null
+auto_master
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