Automount nfs set up problem

[Tom H]

On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 4:12 PM, Peng Yu <pengyu.ut at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 11:08 AM, Tom H <tomh0665 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 11:46 AM, Peng Yu <pengyu.ut at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm following the following webpage.
>>>
>>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SettingUpNFSHowTo#Automounter
>>>
>>> I newly installed autofs
>>>
>>> $ sudo apt-get install autofs
>>>
>>> I created the directory /autofs. The I added the following line to
>>> /etc/auto.master
>>>
>>> /autofs /etc/auto.home
>>>
>>>
>>> The edit the file /etc/auto.home by adding the following line.
>>>
>>> $ cat /etc/auto.home
>>>
>>> *        xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:/home/&
>>>
>>> , where I adapted the line from /etc/fstab.
>>>
>>> xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:/home    /home   nfs     rw      0       0
>>>
>>> Then I tried the following command to start it up.
>>>
>>> $ sudo /etc/init.d/autofs start
>>> Rather than invoking init scripts through /etc/init.d, use the service(8)
>>> utility, e.g. service autofs start
>>>
>>> Since the script you are attempting to invoke has been converted to an
>>> Upstart job, you may also use the start(8) utility, e.g. service autofs start
>>>
>>>
>>> #####
>>> Since it asks me to use 'service', then I try the following command.
>>> But it doens't seem to be working.
>>>
>>> $ service autofs start
>>> start: Rejected send message, 1 matched rules; type="method_call",
>>> sender=":1.57" (uid=1100 pid=4064 comm="start)
>>> interface="com.ubuntu.Upstart0_6.Job" member="Start" error
>>> name="(unset)" requested_reply=0 destination="com.ubuntu.Upstart"
>>> (uid=0 pid=1 comm="/sbin/init"))
>>>
>>> I'm not sure what the problems are. Would you please let me know how
>>> to automount nfs or point me a better webpage?
>>
>> sudo service autofs start
>> or
>> sudo start autofs
>
> I was silly not to see that I should have used sudo. Thank you!
>
> I have another simple question below.
>
> I have the following lines in my /etc/fstab. I want migrate them to autofs.
>
> xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:/data    /data   nfs     rw      0       0
> yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy:/pearson/data    /pearson/data   nfs     rw      0
> zzz.zzz.zzz.zzz:/storage    /storage   nfs     rw      0
>
> Should I create a different file say /etc/auto.something and add the
> following line to /etc/auto.master,
>
> /     /etc/auto.something
>
> where in auto.something, I have the following lines?
>
> data       xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:/data
> pearson/data   yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy:/pearson/data
> storage      zzz.zzz.zzz.zzz:/storage
>
>
> Would you please let me know where this is correct? Or what is the
> correct way if it is incorrect?

In  /etc/auto.master
/-   /etc/auto.something

In /etc/auto.something
/data   xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:/data
/pearson/data   yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy:/pearson/data
/storage   zzz.zzz.zzz.zzz:/storage