version 1.0.0, 2014-07-07 : Initial version
Autofs notes
Cheasheet about autofs.1. Autofs
Naturally, you need the autofs
package installed to play with autofs!
Files used with autofs:
-
/etc/sysconfig/autofs
→ Autofs daemon main confiugration file. -
/etc/auto.master
→ Main map file containing the mounts mapping and references to other map files you may want to use.
Types of autofs maps:
-
special
→ Allows group mount without defining each one. -
direct
→ Specifies mount point with absolute path. -
indirect
→ Used to mount resources under a common parent directory.
Their lines syntax are: [pathname] [mount options] [location]
/etc/auto.master
file example:/misc /etc/auto.misc # Indirect maps file for parent directory "/misc" /- /etc/auto.direct # Direct maps file /net -host # Special map to mount all NFS resources found to subdirectories of the /net directory +auto.master
Here the
/etc/auto.misc
file could look like:cd -fstype=iso9660,ro,nosuid,nodev :/dev/cdrom # Will be /misc/cd linux -ro,soft,intr ftp.example.org:/pub/linux removable -fstype=ext2 :/dev/hdd * -rw,sync &:/home/& # Mounts user home directories from all available NFS Servers
And the
/etc/auto.direct
file could look like:/usr/data -rw,sync myserver:/data01/data
When modifying the autofs files, you should reload the service configuration
(service autofs reload
)