NFS Services Administrator's Guide

Configuring and Administering AutoFS
Automounting a Remote Directory Using an Indirect Map
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Automounting a Remote Directory Using an
Indirect Map
This section describes how to automount a remote directory using an
indirect map.
To automount a remote directory using an indirect 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
/etc/auto_master. If you are using NIS, open the master map on
the corresponding 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 indirect map you modified is not listed in the master map, add
the following entry to the master map:
local_parent_directory indirect_map_name [ mount_options ]
2. If you are using local files for your AutoFS maps, use an editor to
open or create an indirect map in the /etc directory. Add a line with
the following syntax, to the indirect map:
local_subdirectory [ mount_options ] server : remote_directory
If you are using NIS or LDAP to manage maps, add an entry to an
indirect map on the corresponding NIS master server or 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. If you modified the master map, enter the following command on
each host that uses the map, to force AutoFS to read the modified
master map:
/usr/sbin/automount