ITEM: AF1368L

How to configure automount

Question:

Customer is attempting to automount a file system from
his 3.2.5 workstation to his 3.2.4 file server.  Customer       
would like assistance in stepping through this procedure.

Response:

E: MARS (server) -------------- POWERPC (client)
   /john/nguyen                 /eric/mcmillan
   /etc/exports                 /etc/auto.map

I. Indirect automount:
----------------------

   On the server (MARS):
   =====================
   1) Make sure that nfs daemons are running: 'lssrc -g nfs'
      These nfs daemons can be started with 'startsrc -g nfs'
   2) Make sure that portmap daemon is running: 'lssrc -s portmap'
      Portmap daemon can be started with 'startsrc -s portmap'  
   3) Export file system(s): 'smitty mknfsexp'
      Specify PATHNAME, MODE, and EXPORT options.
        PATHNAME of directory to export                 [/john/nguyen]                        /
        MODE to export directory                         read-write 
        HOSTNAME list. If exported read-mostly          []
        Anonymous UID                                   [-2]
        HOSTS allowed root access                       []
        HOSTS & NETGROUPS allowed client access         []
        Use SECURE option?                               no  
        EXPORT directory now, system restart or both     both 
        PATHNAME of Exports file if using HA-NFS        []

   On the client (POWERPC):
   ========================
   1) Make sure that nfs daemons are running: 'lssrc -g nfs'
      These nfs daemons can be started with 'startsrc -g nfs'
   2) Make sure that server has exported file system(s):
      'showmount -e mars'
   3) Establish local mount point: 'mkdir /eric'
   4) Create automount map: 'vi /etc/auto.map'
      The contents should look like this:
         mcmillan     -rw      mars:/john/nguyen         
   5) Start automount daemon: 'automount /eric /etc/auto.map'
   6) To stop automount, kill the automount daemon.  Do not use 'kill -9'.

II. Direct Automount:
---------------------

   On the server (MARS):
   =====================
   1) Make sure that nfs daemons are running: 'lssrc -g nfs'
      These nfs daemons can be started with 'startsrc -g nfs'
   2) Make sure that portmap daemon is running: 'lssrc -s portmap'
      Portmap daemon can be started with 'startsrc -s portmap'  
   3) Export file system(s): 'smitty mknfsexp'
      Specify PATHNAME, MODE, and EXPORT options.
        PATHNAME of directory to export                 [/john/nguyen]                        /
        MODE to export directory                         read-write              
        HOSTNAME list. If exported read-mostly          []
        Anonymous UID                                   [-2]
        HOSTS allowed root access                       []
        HOSTS & NETGROUPS allowed client access         []
        Use SECURE option?                               no                      
        EXPORT directory now, system restart or both     both                    
        PATHNAME of Exports file if using HA-NFS        []

   On the client (POWERPC):
   ========================
   1) Make sure that nfs daemons are running: 'lssrc -g nfs'
      These daemons can be started with 'startsrc -g nfs'
   2) Make sure that server has exported file system(s):
      'showmount -e mars'
   3) Establish local mount point: 'mkdir /eric/mcmillan'
   4) Create automount map: 'vi /etc/auto.map'
      The contents should look like this:
         /eric/mcmillan     -rw      mars:/john/nguyen         
   5) Start automount daemon: 'automount /- /etc/auto.map'
   6) To stop automount, kill the automount daemon.  Do not use 'kill -9'.




Support Line: How to configure automount ITEM: AF1368L

Dated: January 1995 Category: N/A

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