NFS Services Administrator's Guide (B.11.31.05) September 2009

Deciding Between Direct and Indirect Automounts............................................................................61
Configuring AutoFS Direct and Indirect Mounts.................................................................................61
Automounting a Remote Directory Using a Direct Map................................................................62
Notes on Direct Maps.................................................................................................................63
Sample File Entries for NFS Direct Automounts.......................................................................63
Automounting a Remote Directory Using an Indirect Map...........................................................64
Notes on Indirect Maps..............................................................................................................65
Sample File Entries for NFS Indirect Automounts....................................................................65
Using Environment Variables as Shortcuts in AutoFS Maps...............................................................66
Using Wildcard Characters as Shortcuts in AutoFS Maps...................................................................67
Notes on Using Wildcard Characters as Shortcuts in Maps...........................................................67
Automounting Home Directories.........................................................................................................68
Example of Automounting a User’s Home Directory.....................................................................68
Special Maps.........................................................................................................................................69
Automounting All Exported Directories from Any Host Using the -hosts Map........................69
Notes on the -hosts Map..........................................................................................................70
Turning Off an AutoFS Map Using the -null Map.......................................................................71
Notes on the -null Map...........................................................................................................71
Using Executable Maps...................................................................................................................71
Advanced AutoFS Administration.......................................................................................................71
Automounting Multiple Directories (Hierarchical Mounts)...........................................................72
Configuring Replicated Servers for an AutoFS Directory...............................................................72
Example of using the /etc/netmasks File.............................................................................73
Notes on Configuring Replicated Servers..................................................................................73
Including a Map in Another Map....................................................................................................74
Creating a Hierarchy of AutoFS Maps............................................................................................74
Sample Map Hierarchy..............................................................................................................74
Modifying or Removing an Automounted Directory from a Map......................................................75
Verifying the AutoFS Configuration.....................................................................................................75
Disabling AutoFS..................................................................................................................................76
Restarting AutoFS.................................................................................................................................76
Troubleshooting AutoFS.......................................................................................................................77
AutoFS Logging...............................................................................................................................77
To Start AutoFS Logging............................................................................................................77
To Stop AutoFS Logging............................................................................................................78
AutoFS Tracing................................................................................................................................78
To Start and Stop AutoFS Detailed Tracing...............................................................................78
To Start AutoFS Basic Tracing....................................................................................................78
To Stop AutoFS Basic Tracing ....................................................................................................79
AutoFS Tracing Output..............................................................................................................79
Mount Event Tracing Output................................................................................................79
Unmount Event Tracing Output...........................................................................................80
4 Configuring and Administering a Cache Filesystem................................................81
CacheFS Overview................................................................................................................................81
CacheFS Terms......................................................................................................................................81
How CacheFS Works............................................................................................................................82
Features of CacheFS..............................................................................................................................82
Configuring and Administering CacheFS............................................................................................84
Creating a CacheFS Cache...............................................................................................................84
Mounting an NFS Filesystem Using CacheFS.................................................................................85
Switching Mount Options..........................................................................................................85
Automounting a Filesystem Using CacheFS...................................................................................86
Enabling Logging in CacheFS.........................................................................................................86
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