Problem with autofs on linux.

[Paul Lussier]

Paul Lussier <p.lussier at comcast.net> writes:

> It's been a *loooooooong* time since I've played with autmounter
> and/or autofs, so, I may be completely mis-remembering here:
>
> auto.master:
>   /usr/local/viasat       /etc/auto.viasat
>
> auto.viasat
>   *       -ro             bos-srv-lnx:/usr/local/viasat
>
> You might also want to make sure there is a /usr/local/viasat mount point?

Yep, I just checked the Evi book, I was wrong. What you want, as Matt
said, is a mountpoint which autofs can completely control itself.  So,
you want something like:

 auto.master:
   /usr/local/viasat       /etc/auto.viasat

 auto.viasat
   foo       -ro             bos-srv-lnx:/usr/local/viasat/foo
   bar       -ro             bos-srv-lnx:/usr/local/viasat/bar
   baz       -ro             bos-srv-lnx:/usr/local/viasat/baz

Which, I believe, can be shortened to:

 auto.master:
   /usr/local/viasat       /etc/auto.viasat

 auto.viasat
   *       -ro             bos-srv-lnx:/usr/local/viasat/&

But you definitely want that top-level directory for a mountpoint that
autofs can muck with.
-- 
Seeya,
Paul