autofs not workung for me

[Joseph Loo]

On 01/30/2012 02:00 AM, Michael Vaknine wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to use autofs and it is not working for me.
>
> I have a very simple configuration
>
> Auto.master
>
> # 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
>
> #
>
> # NOTE: mounts done from a hosts map will be mounted with the
>
> #       "nosuid" and "nodev" options unless the "suid" and "dev"
>
> #       options are explicitly given.
>
> #
>
> #/net   -hosts
>
> #
>
> # Include central master map if it can be found using
>
> # nsswitch sources.
>
> #
>
> # Note that if there are entries for /net or /misc (as
>
> # above) in the included master map any keys that are the
>
> # same will not be seen as the first read key seen takes
>
> # precedence.
>
> #
>
> #+auto.master
>
> /home/lookin2/filestore   /etc/auto.filestore
>
> Auto.filestore
>
> /home/lookin2/filestore -fstype=nfs             
> 192.168.80.14:/home/lookin2/filestore
>
> When I run automount --f --v I get
>
> Starting automounter version 5.0.4, master map /etc/auto.master
>
> using kernel protocol version 5.01
>
> mounted indirect on /home/lookin2/filestore with timeout 300, freq 75 
> seconds
>
> the folder filestore is created but it is not mounted it remains empty 
> no mather what I do.
>
> Any help will be aprichiated.
>
> Thanks
>
> Michael
>
>
>
I assume you did ls /home/lookin2/filestore
Did you do a exportfs 192.168.80.14 (I think that is the correct 
command)? You need to make sure that the exported file system can be 
read by your machine.
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