mounting nfs directory with autofs
Steven J. Brown
sbrown at valueline.com
Sun Mar 20 23:23:56 UTC 2005
I'm trying to use autofs in its simplest possible form, following examples in
Red Hat's documentation. I can mount the nfs export manually (at the command
line or with /etc/fstab) with no problem. The export is on my desktop pc and
I want to mount it on my laptop using autofs because of the long delay when I
boot the notebook when it's not on the network (mounting with /etc/fstab).
Here's how I've set it up:
Server (Desktop PC):
/etc/exports:
/home/sbrown 192.168.2.3(rw,sync)
Notebook:
/etc/auto.master:
/misc /etc/auto.misc
/etc/hosts:
192.168.2.4 dadlx
/etc/auto.misc:
dad -rw,soft,intr,rsize=8192,wsize=8192 dadlx:/home/sbrown
After reloading aufofs, /sbin/service autofs status reports:
Configured Mount Points:
------------------------
/usr/sbin/automount --timeout=60 /misc file /etc/auto.misc
Active Mount Points:
--------------------
/usr/sbin/automount --timeout=60 /misc file /etc/auto.misc
I'm assuming that if this works, I will be able to view the desktop files on
my notebook at /misc/dad. nfs is running on the server and autofs is running
on the notebook.
If I get this working, I'll set up my notebook to mount exports on two other
networks I connect to. Any assistance with this would be appreciated.
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