NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual
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complicated task. When the path of a NFS file system changes, or
a new NFS file system is added, the administrator has to change the
settings for each Unix client one by one.
Using NIS (Network Information Service) is one solution because NIS
saves all mount information in the NIS server. Once NFS clients join
the NIS domain, they will be able to use the shared directories on
NFS servers through the function of “automount” instead of modifying
/etc/vfstab or /etc/fstab individually. Most Unix systems (Solaris, Linux,
FreeBSD etc.) can be configured as an NIS server.
The following description is based on the settings on a Solaris NIS
server.
Master map is the database of the mount information on the NIS
server. Before building this database, administrators must edit the
pure text file /etc/auto_master as follows.
Master map: /etc/auto_master
#Directory
Map
Mount options
/net
-hosts
-rw
/home
auto_home
-nosuid
/-
auto_direct
The first column in the file is the path to automount, which means that
when users at clients try to access this directory, the link will be
enabled automatically. In the second column, the parameters are the
paths for databases, which record the mount information about the