Features:
1. Automatically mounts file systems (NFS, local, SMBFS, etc.) upon I/O request
Requirements:
1. autofs-*rpm must be installed
/etc/auto.master - primary configuration file
•- also contains mount points and their mappings
/etc/sysconfig/autofs - default startup directives
Note: AutoFS must be running in order to auto-mount directories
Task:
1. Create an automount for /shares, which will mount /nfs1 & /nfs2
•update /etc/auto.master - '/shares /etc/auto.shares'
•cp /etc/auto.misc /etc/auto.shares
•update the rules in /etc/auto.shares
•Create AutoFS tree: /shares/
•Restart the autofs service
•Unmount: /nfs1 & /nfs2 if necessary
Note: Do NOT auto-mount directories that are already mounted
•Test access to AutoFS controlled directory
•'ls -l /shares/nfs1'
Note: syntax for auto-mount files is as follows:
•
•nfs1 -fstype=nfs 192.168.75.199:/nfs1