NFS Services Administrator's Guide

Configuring and Administering AutoFS
Automounting a Remote Directory Using a Direct Map
Chapter 3116
Automounting a Remote Directory Using a
Direct Map
This section describes how to automount a remote directory using a
direct map.
To mount a remote directory using a direct map, follow these steps:
1. If you are using local files for maps, use an editor to open or create
the master map in the /etc directory. Name the master map as
/etc/auto_master. If you are using NIS, open the master map on
the NIS master server.
If you are using LDAP, the map must be modified on the LDAP
server. For information on how to modify the map, see LDAP-UX
Client Services B.04.00 Administrator’s Guide (J4269-90064).
If the direct map you just modified is not listed in the master map,
add the following entry to the master map:
/- direct_map_name [ mount_options ]
2. If you are using local files for maps, use an editor to open or create a
direct map in the /etc directory. The direct map is commonly called
/etc/auto_direct. Add an entry to the direct map with the
following syntax:
local_directory [ mount_options ] server : remote_directory
If you are using NIS or LDAP to manage maps, add an entry to the
direct map on the 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, see NIS
Administrator’s Guide (5991-7656).
4. On each host that uses the map you have modified, enter the
following command to force AutoFS to read the modified map:
/usr/sbin/automount
IMPORTANT Do not automount a remote directory on a local directory, which is a
symbolic link.