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# in maps
Step 1: Creating the Maps
& automatic mounters metacharacter
Ampersand (&) Metacharacter
– in maps
Including Supplementary Maps
/– mount point
Direct Maps for the Automatic Mounter
Master Maps for the Automatic Mounter
–hosts map
Setting Up a Default Automatic Mounter Environment
Master Maps for the Automatic Mounter
* automatic mounters metacharacter
Asterisk (*) Metacharacter
+ in maps
Including Supplementary Maps
\\ automatic mounters metacharacter
Backslash (\) Disabling Signal
access export option
Efficient Exporting
/etc/exports Options
anon export option
/etc/exports Options
Efficient Exporting
asynchronous data transfer
NFS Input/Output Management
attribute caching
/etc/fstab Options
AutoFS
ONC3/NFS Components
autofs command
Step 2: Starting the Automatic Mounter Program
Setting Up a Default Automatic Mounter Environment
autofsd and autofs Command Options
AutoFS file system
About The AutoFS File System
autofsd command
autofsd and autofs Command Options
autofsd daemon
Simplified autofs Operation
automatic mounters
at system startup
Role of automount in System Startup
definition
NFS Automatic Mounting
map types
Effect of automount Map Types
About Automatic Mounter Map Types
maps
autofs Files and Maps
automount Files and Maps
metacharacters
Using Metacharacters
modifying maps
Modifying the Automatic Mounter Maps
NIS maps
Including Supplementary Maps
process description
Automatic Mount Process
Troubleshooting automount
recommendations
Effective Automatic Mounting
setting up custom environment
Setting Up a Custom Automatic Mounter Environment
setting up default environment
Setting Up a Default Automatic Mounter Environment
starting command
Step 2: Starting the Automatic Mounter Program
symbolic links
Daemon Action in Mounting Process
Using Hierarchical Formats in Group Mounts
testing
Step 4: Testing the Automatic Mounter
verifying process is running
Step 3: Verifying the Automatic Mounter Process
automatic mounters and environment variables
Using Environment Variables
automatic mounters metacharacter (")
Double Quotation Marks (") String Delimiters
automount command
Customizing automount Commands
Modifying the Automatic Mounter Maps
Step 2: Starting the Automatic Mounter Program
Step 2: Starting the Automatic Mounter Program
Setting Up a Default Automatic Mounter Environment
at system startup
Role of automount in System Startup
error messages
Verbose automount and autofs Error Messages
killing
Modifying Direct Maps
back file system
Planning a CacheFS File System
bg mount option
Efficient Mounting with /etc/fstab
/etc/fstab Options
biod daemon
Troubleshooting Slow Performance
cached file systems
mounting a CD-ROM
Mounting a CD-ROM as a Cached File System
cached file systems
back file system
Planning a CacheFS File System
creating
Creating a Cache
definition
About CacheFS File System
deleting
Deleting a CacheFS File System
displaying information about
Displaying Information About Cached File Systems
front file system
Planning a CacheFS File System
maxblocks parameter
Cache Resource Parameters in CacheFS
maxfiles parameter
Cache Resource Parameters in CacheFS
modifying parameters
Modifying CacheFS File System Parameters
mounting
Mounting a Cached File System
parameters
Cache Resource Parameters in CacheFS
setting parameters
Setting Cache Parameters
setting up
Setting Up a Cached File System
CacheFS
troubleshooting
Troubleshooting CacheFS
cfsadmin command
Deleting a CacheFS File System
Setting Cache Parameters
Cached File System Administration
Modifying CacheFS File System Parameters
Creating a Cache
chkconfig command
automatic mounters flag
Setting Up a Default Automatic Mounter Environment
Step 2: Starting the Automatic Mounter Program
Automatic Mount Process
cachefs flag
Setting Up the CacheFS File System
lockd flag
Setting Up the Lock Manager
nfs flag
Setting Up an NFS Client
Setting Up the NFS Server
Setting Up a Default Automatic Mounter Environment
client
definition
Client-Server Fundamentals
performance
Changing the Number of NFS Server Daemons
setting up
Setting Up an NFS Client
client-server model
Client-Server Fundamentals
crash recovery
and lock manager
NFS Locking and Crash Recovery
and network status monitor
NFS Locking and the Network Status Monitor
delayed writes
NFS Input/Output Management
deleting
cached file systems
Deleting a CacheFS File System
direct maps
Step 1: Creating the Maps
Master Maps for the Automatic Mounter
modifying
Modifying Direct Maps
diskless workstations
NFS and Diskless Workstations
environment variables in maps
Using Environment Variables
error messages
automount and autofs
General automount and autofs Error Messages
mount
mount Error Messages
verbose autofs and automount
Verbose automount and autofs Error Messages
/etc/auto.indirect file
Modifying Direct Maps
/etc/auto.master file
Step 1: Creating the Maps
Modifying the Master Map
Master Maps for the Automatic Mounter
/etc/auto_master file
Master Maps for the Automatic Mounter
Step 1: Creating the Maps
/etc/config/auto_master file
Step 2: Starting the Automatic Mounter Program
/etc/config/autofs.options file
Setting Up a Default Automatic Mounter Environment
Automatic Mount Process
Step 2: Starting the Automatic Mounter Program
autofs Files and Maps
/etc/config/automount.options file
automount Files and Maps
Setting Up a Default Automatic Mounter Environment
Step 2: Starting the Automatic Mounter Program
Automatic Mount Process
/etc/config/nfsd.options file
Changing the Number of NFS Server Daemons
/etc/exports file
automount Files and Maps
Setting Up the NFS Server
autofs Files and Maps
Customizing exportfs
/etc/fstab file
/etc/fstab Additions for CacheFS
/etc/fstab file
Setting Up an NFS Client
Understanding the Mount Process
Operation of /etc/fstab and Other Mount Files
Mount Point Conflicts
/etc/init.d/autoconfigure script
Setting Up an NFS Client
Setting Up the NFS Server
/etc/init.d/network script
Role of automount in System Startup
File System Export Process
Step 2: Starting the Automatic Mounter Program
Setting Up the CacheFS File System
Automatic Mount Process
Setting Up the NFS Server
/etc/mtab file
Effective Automatic Mounting
Customizing mount and umount Commands
Operation of Automatic Mounter Files and Maps
Understanding the Mount Process
Step 3: Verifying the Automatic Mounter Process
/etc/rmtab file
Operation of /etc/exports and Other Export Files
/etc/xtab file
Operation of /etc/exports and Other Export Files
Setting Up a Default Automatic Mounter Environment
export options
/etc/exports Options
exported filesystems
different pathname
NFS Mount Points
export options
/etc/exports Options
exportfs command. See exportfs command.
File System Export Process
local to server
File System Export Process
recommendations
Efficient Exporting
exportfs command
File System Export Process
Setting Up the NFS Server
exporting
definition
Exporting NFS File Systems
parent and child directories
Exporting NFS File Systems
restrictions
Exporting NFS File Systems
exporting security caveats
Security Caveats for Exporting
failure
of client
NFS Locking and Crash Recovery
UDP Stateless Protocol
Verifying Client Status
of network
UDP Stateless Protocol
Troubleshooting Slow Performance
NFS Locking and Crash Recovery
Verifying Network Status
of remote mount
Troubleshooting NFS Common Failures
of server
Verifying Server Status
NFS Locking and Crash Recovery
/etc/fstab Options
UDP Stateless Protocol
fg mount option
/etc/fstab Options
file handle
Role of automount in System Startup
file locking service. See lock manager.
NFS File Locking Service
front file system
Planning a CacheFS File System
group mounts
Including Group Mounts in Maps
grpid mount option
/etc/fstab Options
hanging
Troubleshooting Lack of Server Response
hard mount option
/etc/fstab Options
hard-mounted filesystems
Troubleshooting NFS Common Failures
/etc/fstab Options
hierarchical mounts
Using Hierarchical Formats in Group Mounts
host database
autofs Files and Maps
automount Files and Maps
$ in maps
Using Environment Variables
indirect maps
Master Maps for the Automatic Mounter
Indirect Maps for the Automatic Mounter
Modifying Indirect Maps
Step 1: Creating the Maps
input/output management
NFS Input/Output Management
IP address translation
Understanding the Mount Process
limiting cache
Cache Resource Parameters in CacheFS
lock manager
application calls
NFS File Locking Service
crash recovery
NFS Locking and Crash Recovery
description
NFS File Locking Service
setting up
Setting Up the Lock Manager
verifying
Setting Up the Lock Manager
lockd daemon
Setting Up the Lock Manager
loopback mounting, definition
NFS Mount Restrictions
maps
# in maps
Step 1: Creating the Maps
& metacharacter
Ampersand (&) Metacharacter
– in maps
Including Supplementary Maps
* metacharacter
Asterisk (*) Metacharacter
+ in maps
Including Supplementary Maps
\\ metacharacter
Backslash (\) Disabling Signal
alternate servers
Specifying Alternative Servers
automatic mounters
About Automatic Mounter Map Types
definition
automount Files and Maps
autofs Files and Maps
direct
Step 1: Creating the Maps
Master Maps for the Automatic Mounter
Modifying Direct Maps
environment variables
Using Environment Variables
$ for environment variables
Using Environment Variables
group mounts
Including Group Mounts in Maps
hierarchical
Using Hierarchical Formats in Group Mounts
indirect
Indirect Maps for the Automatic Mounter
Master Maps for the Automatic Mounter
Modifying Indirect Maps
Step 1: Creating the Maps
master
Modifying the Master Map
Step 1: Creating the Maps
" metacharacter
Double Quotation Marks (") String Delimiters
metacharacters
Using Metacharacters
modifying
Modifying the Automatic Mounter Maps
NIS databases
Master Maps for the Automatic Mounter
options
Master Maps for the Automatic Mounter
supplementary maps
Including Supplementary Maps
types
About Automatic Mounter Map Types
wild card
Asterisk (*) Metacharacter
{} for environment variables
Using Environment Variables
master maps
Step 1: Creating the Maps
Modifying the Master Map
Master Maps for the Automatic Mounter
maxblocks
cfsadmin parameter
Cache Resource Parameters in CacheFS
maxfiles
cfsadmin parameter
Cache Resource Parameters in CacheFS
metacharacters
Using Metacharacters
mount command
error messages
mount Error Messages
how invoked
/etc/fstab Mount Process
ignoring fstab entries
/etc/fstab Options
mount process description
/etc/fstab Mount Process
Understanding the Mount Process
on client
Setting Up an NFS Client
options
Customizing mount and umount Commands
temporary mounting
Temporary NFS Mounting
mount points
conflicts
Mount Point Conflicts
definition
NFS Mount Points
empty or not?
/etc/fstab Mount Process
for automatic mounters
autofs Mount Points
automount Mount Points
mounting
definition
Mounting NFS File Systems
exported directories
/etc/fstab Mount Process
hard mounts
Troubleshooting NFS Common Failures
/etc/fstab Options
illustration
NFS Mount Points
mount point directories
/etc/fstab Mount Process
options
/etc/fstab Options
process description
Understanding the Mount Process
/etc/fstab Mount Process
recommendations
Efficient Mounting with /etc/fstab
remote mount failed
Troubleshooting NFS Common Failures
restrictions
NFS Mount Restrictions
soft mounts
/etc/fstab Options
temporary
Temporary NFS Mounting
mounting a CD-ROM as a cached file system
Mounting a CD-ROM as a Cached File System
mounting cached file systems
Mounting a Cached File System
multihopping
NFS Mount Restrictions
netgroups
/etc/exports Options
Efficient Exporting
network lock manager. See lock manager.
NFS File Locking Service
network status monitor
NFS Locking and the Network Status Monitor
NFS
and OSI model
About NFS
definition
About NFS
nfsd daemon
Changing the Number of NFS Server Daemons
NIS
and maps
Master Maps for the Automatic Mounter
and UNS
About UNS and NIS
databases
Understanding the Mount Process
definition
About NFS and the Network Information Service
documentation
ONC3/NFS Components
maps
Step 2: Starting the Automatic Mounter Program
Including Supplementary Maps
netgroups for access lists
Efficient Exporting
noauto mount option
/etc/fstab Options
nodev mount option
/etc/fstab Options
nohide export option
/etc/exports Options
Efficient Exporting
Efficient Mounting with /etc/fstab
nointr mount option
Efficient Mounting with /etc/fstab
/etc/fstab Options
nosuid mount option
/etc/fstab Options
ONC3/NFS
version
About This Guide
options
CacheFS
/etc/fstab Additions for CacheFS
mount, consistency
Consistency Checking with mount Command in CacheFS
performance is slow
Troubleshooting Slow Performance
port mount option
/etc/fstab Options
portmapper
Role of automount in System Startup
Understanding the Mount Process
Setting Up the NFS Server
private mount option
Efficient Mounting with /etc/fstab
/etc/fstab Options
proto mount option
/etc/fstab Options
release of ONC3/NFS
About This Guide
remote devices
Failure to Access Remote Devices
remote procedure call (RPC)
and lock manager
NFS File Locking Service
and NFS
About NFS
retrans mount option
/etc/fstab Options
retransmission rates
Troubleshooting Slow Performance
ro export option
/etc/exports Options
ro mount option
/etc/fstab Options
root export option
/etc/exports Options
Efficient Exporting
rpc.lockd daemon
Setting Up the Lock Manager
rpc.statd daemon
Setting Up the Lock Manager
rpcinfo command
Setting Up the NFS Server
Verifying Server Status
rsize mount option
/etc/fstab Options
rw export option
/etc/exports Options
rw mount option
/etc/fstab Options
secure installations
Efficient Exporting
security
exporting caveats
Efficient Exporting
secutiry
exporting caveats
Security Caveats for Exporting
server
daemons
Changing the Number of NFS Server Daemons
definition
Client-Server Fundamentals
setting up
Setting Up the NFS Server
sgi_mountd daemon
Setting Up the NFS Server
Verifying Server Status
showmount command
Operation of /etc/exports and Other Export Files
soft mount option
/etc/fstab Options
soft-mounted filesystems
Troubleshooting NFS Common Failures
/etc/fstab Options
statd daemon
NFS Locking and the Network Status Monitor
Setting Up the Lock Manager
stateless protocol
UDP Stateless Protocol
supplementary maps
Including Supplementary Maps
synchronous writes
NFS Input/Output Management
Efficient Exporting
/etc/exports Options
timeo mount option
/etc/fstab Options
timeout limit
/etc/fstab Options
/tmp_mnt directory
Setting Up a Default Automatic Mounter Environment
automount Files and Maps
Daemon Action in Mounting Process
troubleshooting CacheFS
Troubleshooting CacheFS
troubleshooting recommendations
General Recommendations
typograhical conventions
Typographical Conventions
umount command
Specifying Alternative Servers
unexporting, definition
Exporting NFS File Systems
United Name Service(UNS)
About UNS and NIS
unmount command
Customizing mount and umount Commands
unmounting
definition
Mounting NFS File Systems
/usr/etc/resolv.conf file
Understanding the Mount Process
/var/adm/SYSLOG file
General Recommendations
version of ONC3/NFS
About This Guide
wsize mount option
/etc/fstab Options
wsync export option
/etc/exports Options
Efficient Exporting
{} in maps
Using Environment Variables