Autofs

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= Introduction =

Automount is the modern way to mount directories over a network. It is far much easier to manage and are more economic in bandwith.

In this howto, installation and configuration of a files based configuration autofs will be presented. It is not used a lot anymore, but ["AutofsLDAP"] is very usefull and based on this one. In small business environement, this howto can be usefull.

= Installation =

Install the following packages: {{{autofs}}} (see InstallingSoftware)

= Configuration =

For configuring autofs, you have to edit {{{/etc/default/auto.master}}} file. Here is the sample file provided by Ubuntu:

{{{
#
# $Id: auto.master,v 1.4 2005/01/04 14:36:54 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
#/smb /etc/auto.smb
#/misc /etc/auto.misc
#/net /etc/auto.net
}}}

As you see, by default, all is commented out. Each mount point is associated with another configuration file. Most of them are now useless (now modern desktop have automount feature with hal & co). This would be usefull for light desktop. {{{/net}}} and {{{/smb}}} are still usefull.

In Unix world, {{{/net}}} enable automounting distant file system exported by NFS. For exemple, if you have a server named {{{fileserver}}} with a NFS export directory called {{{/export}}} (see ["NFSServerHowTo"] for how to setup a such server), you can mount it by typing in a shell command line {{{cd /net/fileserver/export}}}. In an environment with NFS file servers, such automount can be usefull.

For {{{/smb}}} mount point, function the same way but is for SMB file systems (if you need to authenticate for acceding the SMB share, the automatic way will not function).

Uncomenting {{{/net}}} and {{{/smb}}} is a good solution.

You can add your own mount point with your own options in {{{/etc/auto.master}}} to suit your needs.
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