how to automount on RedHat

[Marq]

Hi

To make auto mount work

first we have to configure to "/etc/auto.master"

It is like this

/autodir    /etc/auto.misc

This means that the when we start the auto mount daemon it begins to monitor
the directory "/autodir"

second we have to create the directory on which we are going to mount and
that should be under the /autodir directory

third configure the "/etc/auto.misc" like this

/autodir/mountdir                  -rw,soft,intr
nfsserver:/nfsshare

then start the autofs daemon

"service autofs start"



On 31/10/06, Dave Martini <martini at mrpeabody.llnl.gov> wrote:
>
> I'm trying to get automounts to work on my RHEL 4 machine. When I start
> the autofs service I get these errors. How do I get it so it automounts
> my directories from my NIS domain? I don't want to have to put each
> mount in the /etc/fstab file if possible. I would like autofs to handle
> it.
>
> host1# service autofs reload
> automount not running
>
> host1# service autofs start
> Starting automount: do_ypcall: clnt_call: RPC: Procedure unavailable
> do_ypcall: clnt_call: RPC: Procedure unavailable
> do_ypcall: clnt_call: RPC: Procedure unavailable
> do_ypcall: clnt_call: RPC: Procedure unavailable
> do_ypcall: clnt_call: RPC: Procedure unavailable
> do_ypcall: clnt_call: RPC: Procedure unavailable
> do_ypcall: clnt_call: RPC: Procedure unavailable
> do_ypcall: clnt_call: RPC: Procedure unavailable
> do_ypcall: clnt_call: RPC: Procedure unavailable
> do_ypcall: clnt_call: RPC: Procedure unavailable
> do_ypcall: clnt_call: RPC: Procedure unavailable
> do_ypcall: clnt_call: RPC: Procedure unavailable
> do_ypcall: clnt_call: RPC: Procedure unavailable
> do_ypcall: clnt_call: RPC: Procedure unavailable
>
> No Mountpoints Defined                                     [  OK  ]
>
> [root# more /etc/auto.master
> #
> # $Id: auto.master,v 1.3 2003/09/29 08:22:35 raven Exp $
> #
> # Sample auto.master file
> # This is an automounter map and it has the following format
> # key [ -mount-options-separated-by-comma ] location
> # For details of the format look at autofs(5).
> #/misc  /etc/auto.misc --timeout=60
> #/misc  /etc/auto.misc
> #/net   /etc/auto.net
>
>
> # service autofs status
> Configured Mount Points:
> ------------------------
> do_ypcall: clnt_call: RPC: Procedure unavailable
> do_ypcall: clnt_call: RPC: Procedure unavailable
> do_ypcall: clnt_call: RPC: Procedure unavailable
> do_ypcall: clnt_call: RPC: Procedure unavailable
> do_ypcall: clnt_call: RPC: Procedure unavailable
> do_ypcall: clnt_call: RPC: Procedure unavailable
> do_ypcall: clnt_call: RPC: Procedure unavailable
> do_ypcall: clnt_call: RPC: Procedure unavailable
> do_ypcall: clnt_call: RPC: Procedure unavailable
>
>
>
> Active Mount Points:
> --------------------
>
> I have another machine RHEL 3 that automounts work on. Is it reading a
> certain file on the machine to get this info? /etc/mtab shows all these
> mounts but how does it get the info in there?
>
> host2 # service autofs reload
> Checking for changes to /etc/auto.master ....
> Reload map /usr/sbin/automount --timeout=60 /us yp auto.home -rw,soft
> Reload map /usr/sbin/automount --timeout=60 /erd/modeler yp auto_modeler
> -rw,soft
> Reload map /usr/sbin/automount --timeout=60 /erd/share yp auto_share
> -rw,hard
> Reload map /usr/sbin/automount --timeout=60 /erd/statistic yp
> auto_statistic -rw,soft
> Reload map /usr/sbin/automount --timeout=60 /erd/admin yp auto_admin
> -rw,soft
> Reload map /usr/sbin/automount --timeout=60 /erd/www yp auto_www -rw,soft
> Reload map /usr/sbin/automount --timeout=60 /erd/cad yp auto_cad -rw,soft
> Reload map /usr/sbin/automount --timeout=60 /apps yp auto_apps -rw,soft
> Reload map /usr/sbin/automount --timeout=60 /home yp auto.home -rw,soft
> Reload map /usr/sbin/automount --timeout=60 /erd/ingres yp auto_ingres
> -rw,soft
> Reload map /usr/sbin/automount --timeout=60 /erd/logs yp auto_logs
> -rw,soft
> Reload map /usr/sbin/automount --timeout=60 /eta yp auto_eta
> Reload map /usr/sbin/automount --timeout=60 /erd/voc yp auto_voc
> Reload map /usr/sbin/automount --timeout=60 /erd/oracle yp auto_oracle
> Reload map /usr/sbin/automount --timeout=60 /erd/hydrogeo yp auto_hydrogeo
> Reload map /usr/sbin/automount --timeout=60 /erd/data yp auto_data
> Reload map /usr/sbin/automount --timeout=60 /erd/s200hydrogeo yp
> auto_s200hydrogeo
> Reload map /usr/sbin/automount --timeout=60 /erd/s300hydrogeo yp
> auto_s300hydrogeo
> Start /usr/sbin/automount --timeout=60 /ingdata yp auto_ingdata -rw,soft
> failed to load map, exiting
> Start /usr/sbin/automount --timeout=60 /epd yp auto_epd -rw,soft
> failed to load map, exiting
> Start /usr/sbin/automount --timeout=60 /erd/doc yp auto_doc -rw,soft
> failed to load map, exiting
> Start /usr/sbin/automount --timeout=60 /erd/test yp auto_test
> failed to load map, exiting
> Start /usr/sbin/automount --timeout=60 /seismic yp auto_seismic
> failed to load map, exiting
> Start /usr/sbin/automount --timeout=60 /erd/phoenix yp auto_phoenix
> failed to load map, exiting
> Start /usr/sbin/automount --timeout=60 /erd/gis yp auto_gis -rw,soft
> failed to load map, exiting
> Start /usr/sbin/automount --timeout=60 /erd/martini yp auto_martini
> -rw,soft
> failed to load map, exiting
>
> host 2# more /etc/auto.master
> #
> # $Id: auto.master,v 1.3 2003/09/29 08:22:35 raven Exp $
> #
> # Sample auto.master file
> # This is an automounter map and it has the following format
> # key [ -mount-options-separated-by-comma ] location
> # For details of the format look at autofs(5).
> #/misc  /etc/auto.misc --timeout=60
> #/misc  /etc/auto.misc
> #/net   /etc/auto.net
> #
>
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