NFS Services Administrator's Guide

Configuring and Administering AutoFS
Verifying the AutoFS Configuration
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Verifying the AutoFS Configuration
This section describes how to verify the AutoFS configuration.
To verify the configuration, follow these steps:
1. Enter the following command to change the current working
directory to an automounted directory:
/usr/bin/cd local_directory
Where:
local_directory is the configured mount point in the AutoFS map.
2. Enter the following command to verify that the contents of the
remote directory are mounted under the local mount point:
/usr/bin/ls
If the directory is configured in an indirect map, entering the ls
command from the parent directory displays potential mount points
(browsability). Changing to a subdirectory configured in the indirect map
or entering the command, ls
subdirectory , mounts the subdirectory.
The following example shows an indirect map configuration:
# /etc/auto_master file
# local mount point map name mount options
/nfs/desktop /etc/auto_desktop
# /etc/auto_desktop file
# local mount point mount options remote server:directory
draw -nosuid thyme:/export/apps/draw
write -nosuid basil:/export/write
Enter the following commands:
cd /nfs/desktop
ls
The ls command displays the following:
draw write