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# in maps
Step 1: Creating the Maps
& automatic mounters metacharacter
The Ampersand (&)
– in maps
Including Supplementary Maps
/– mount point
Direct Maps
Master Maps
–hosts map
Setting Up a Default Automatic Mounter Environment
Master Maps
* automatic mounters metacharacter
The Asterisk (*)
+ in maps
Including Supplementary Maps
\\ automatic mounters metacharacter
The Backslash (\)
access export option
/etc/exports Options
Recommendations for Exporting
anon export option
Recommendations for Exporting
/etc/exports Options
asynchronous data transfer
Input/Output Management
attribute caching
/etc/fstab Options
AutoFS
Understanding ONC3/NFS
autofs command
Step 2: Starting the Automatic Mounter Program
Setting Up a Default Automatic Mounter Environment
autofsd and autofs Command Options
AutoFS file system
The AutoFS File System
autofsd daemon
Simplified autofs Operation
automatic mounters
at system startup
System Startup
definition
Automatic Mounting
map types
Automatic Mount Map Types
The Effect of Map Types
maps
automount Files and Maps
autofs Files and Maps
metacharacters
Using Metacharacters
modifying maps
Modifying the Automatic Mounter Maps
NIS maps
Including Supplementary Maps
process description
Understanding the automount Process
The Automatic Mounters
recommendations
Recommendations for 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
Using Hierarchical Formats in Group Mounts
Mounting
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 (")
automount command
Setting Up a Default Automatic Mounter Environment
automount Command Options
Modifying the Automatic Mounter Maps
Step 2: Starting the Automatic Mounter Program
Step 2: Starting the Automatic Mounter Program
at system startup
System Startup
error messages
Verbose automount and autofs Error Messages
killing
Modifying Direct Maps
back file system
The CacheFS File System
back files
The CacheFS File System
bg mount option
/etc/fstab Options
Recommendations for /etc/fstab Mounting
biod daemon
Everything Works Slowly
cached file systems
mounting a CD-ROM
Mounting a CD-ROM as a Cached File System
cached file systems
back file system
The CacheFS File System
creating
Creating a Cache
definition
The CacheFS File System
deleting
Deleting a CacheFS File System
displaying information about
Displaying Information About Cached File Systems
front file system
The CacheFS File System
maxblocks parameter
Cache Resource Parameters
maxfiles parameter
Cache Resource Parameters
modifying parameters
Modifying CacheFS File System Parameters
mounting
Mounting a Cached File System
parameters
Cache Resource Parameters
setting parameters
Setting Cache Parameters
setting up
Setting Up a Cached File System
CacheFS
troubleshooting
Troubleshooting CacheFS
cfsadmin command
Creating a Cache
Modifying CacheFS File System Parameters
Setting Cache Parameters
Deleting a CacheFS File System
chkconfig command
automatic mounters flag
The Automatic Mounters
Setting Up a Default Automatic Mounter Environment
Step 2: Starting the Automatic Mounter Program
cachefs flag
Setting Up the CacheFS File System
lockd flag
Setting Up the Lock Manager
nfs flag
Setting Up a Default Automatic Mounter Environment
Setting Up an NFS Client
Setting Up the NFS Server
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
Locking and Crash Recovery
and network status monitor
Locking and the Network Status Monitor
delayed writes
Input/Output Management
deleting
cached file systems
Deleting a CacheFS File System
direct maps
Master Maps
Step 1: Creating the Maps
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
Master Maps
Step 1: Creating the Maps
Modifying the Master Map
/etc/auto_master file
Step 1: Creating the Maps
Master Maps
/etc/config/auto_master file
Step 2: Starting the Automatic Mounter Program
/etc/config/autofs.options file
autofs Files and Maps
Setting Up a Default Automatic Mounter Environment
The Automatic Mounters
Step 2: Starting the Automatic Mounter Program
/etc/config/automount.options file
The Automatic Mounters
automount Files and Maps
Setting Up a Default Automatic Mounter Environment
Step 2: Starting the Automatic Mounter Program
/etc/config/nfsd.options file
Changing the Number of NFS Server Daemons
/etc/exports file
autofs Files and Maps
exportfs Command Options
Setting Up the NFS Server
automount Files and Maps
/etc/fstab file
/etc/fstab and Other Mount Files
Mount Point Conflicts
Setting Up an NFS Client
Understanding the Mount Process
/etc/init.d/autoconfigure script
Setting Up an NFS Client
Setting Up the NFS Server
/etc/init.d/network script
The Export Process
Setting Up the NFS Server
System Startup
The Automatic Mounters
Step 2: Starting the Automatic Mounter Program
Setting Up the CacheFS File System
/etc/mtab file
Understanding the Mount Process
Step 3: Verifying the Automatic Mounter Process
Recommendations for Automatic Mounting
mount and umount Command Options
Automatic Mounter Files and Maps
/etc/rmtab file
/etc/exports and Other Export Files
/etc/xtab file
/etc/exports and Other Export Files
Setting Up a Default Automatic Mounter Environment
export options
/etc/exports Options
exported filesystems
different pathname
Mount Points
export options
/etc/exports Options
exportfs command. See exportfs command.
The Export Process
local to server
The Export Process
recommendations
Recommendations for Exporting
exportfs command
The Export Process
Setting Up the NFS Server
exporting
definition
Exporting
parent and child directories
Exporting
restrictions
Exporting
failure
of client
Locking and Crash Recovery
Stateless Protocol
Checking Out a Client
of network
Everything Works Slowly
Locking and Crash Recovery
Checking Out the Network
Stateless Protocol
of remote mount
Troubleshooting NFS Common Failures
of server
Stateless Protocol
Locking and Crash Recovery
/etc/fstab Options
Checking Out a Server
fg mount option
/etc/fstab Options
file handle
System Startup
file locking service. See lock manager.
NFS File Locking Service
front file system
The CacheFS File System
group mounts
Including Group Mounts in Maps
grpid mount option
/etc/fstab Options
hanging
Programs Do Not Respond
hard mount option
/etc/fstab Options
hard-mounted filesystems
/etc/fstab Options
Troubleshooting NFS Common Failures
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
Modifying Indirect Maps
Step 1: Creating the Maps
Indirect Maps
input/output management
Input/Output Management
IP address translation
Understanding the Mount Process
lock manager
application calls
NFS File Locking Service
crash recovery
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
Mount Restrictions
maps
# in maps
Step 1: Creating the Maps
& metacharacter
The Ampersand (&)
– in maps
Including Supplementary Maps
* metacharacter
The Asterisk (*)
+ in maps
Including Supplementary Maps
\\ metacharacter
The Backslash (\)
alternate servers
Specifying Alternative Servers
automatic mounters
Automatic Mount Map Types
definition
automount Files and Maps
autofs Files and Maps
direct
Modifying Direct Maps
Step 1: Creating the Maps
Master 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
Master Maps
Modifying Indirect Maps
Step 1: Creating the Maps
master
Modifying the Master Map
Step 1: Creating the Maps
" metacharacter
Double Quotation Marks (")
metacharacters
Using Metacharacters
modifying
Modifying the Automatic Mounter Maps
NIS databases
Master Maps
options
Master Maps
supplementary maps
Including Supplementary Maps
types
Automatic Mount Map Types
wild card
The Asterisk (*)
{} for environment variables
Using Environment Variables
master maps
Master Maps
Step 1: Creating the Maps
Modifying the Master Map
maxblocks
cfsadmin parameter
Cache Resource Parameters
maxfiles
cfsadmin parameter
Cache Resource Parameters
metacharacters
Using Metacharacters
mount command
error messages
mount Error Messages
how invoked
The /etc/fstab Mount Process
ignoring fstab entries
/etc/fstab Options
mount process description
The /etc/fstab Mount Process
Understanding the Mount Process
on client
Setting Up an NFS Client
options
mount and umount Command Options
temporary mounting
Temporary NFS Mounting
mount points
conflicts
Mount Point Conflicts
definition
Mount Points
empty or not?
The /etc/fstab Mount Process
for automatic mounters
autofs Mount Points
automount Mount Points
mounting
definition
Mounting
exported directories
The /etc/fstab Mount Process
hard mounts
Troubleshooting NFS Common Failures
/etc/fstab Options
illustration
Mount Points
mount point directories
The /etc/fstab Mount Process
options
/etc/fstab Options
process description
Understanding the Mount Process
The /etc/fstab Mount Process
recommendations
Recommendations for /etc/fstab Mounting
remote mount failed
Troubleshooting NFS Common Failures
restrictions
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
Mount Restrictions
netgroups
Recommendations for Exporting
/etc/exports Options
network lock manager. See lock manager.
NFS File Locking Service
network status monitor
Locking and the Network Status Monitor
NFS
and OSI model
What Is NFS?
definition
What Is NFS?
nfsd daemon
Changing the Number of NFS Server Daemons
NIS
and maps
Master Maps
databases
Understanding the Mount Process
definition
NFS and the Network Information Service
documentation
About This Guide
Understanding ONC3/NFS
maps
Step 2: Starting the Automatic Mounter Program
Including Supplementary Maps
netgroups for access lists
Recommendations for Exporting
noauto mount option
/etc/fstab Options
nodev mount option
/etc/fstab Options
nohide export option
Recommendations for Exporting
/etc/exports Options
Recommendations for /etc/fstab Mounting
nointr mount option
Recommendations for /etc/fstab Mounting
/etc/fstab Options
nosuid mount option
/etc/fstab Options
ONC3/NFS
version
About This Guide
performance is slow
Everything Works Slowly
port mount option
/etc/fstab Options
portmapper
System Startup
Understanding the Mount Process
Setting Up the NFS Server
private mount option
Recommendations for /etc/fstab Mounting
/etc/fstab Options
product support
Product Support
release of ONC3/NFS
About This Guide
remote devices
Cannot Access Remote Devices
remote procedure call (RPC)
and lock manager
NFS File Locking Service
and NFS
What Is NFS?
retrans mount option
/etc/fstab Options
retransmission rates
Everything Works Slowly
ro export option
/etc/exports Options
ro mount option
/etc/fstab Options
root export option
/etc/exports Options
Recommendations for Exporting
rpc.lockd daemon
Setting Up the Lock Manager
rpc.statd daemon
Setting Up the Lock Manager
rpcinfo command
Setting Up the NFS Server
Checking Out a Server
rsize mount option
/etc/fstab Options
rw export option
/etc/exports Options
rw mount option
/etc/fstab Options
secure installations
Recommendations 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
Checking Out a Server
showmount command
/etc/exports and Other Export Files
soft mount option
/etc/fstab Options
soft-mounted filesystems
Troubleshooting NFS Common Failures
/etc/fstab Options
statd daemon
Locking and the Network Status Monitor
Setting Up the Lock Manager
stateless protocol
Stateless Protocol
supplementary maps
Including Supplementary Maps
synchronous writes
Recommendations for Exporting
/etc/exports Options
Input/Output Management
timeo mount option
/etc/fstab Options
timeout limit
/etc/fstab Options
/tmp_mnt directory
automount Files and Maps
Mounting
Setting Up a Default Automatic Mounter Environment
troubleshooting CacheFS
Troubleshooting CacheFS
troubleshooting recommendations
General Recommendations
typograhical conventions
Typographical Conventions
umount command
Specifying Alternative Servers
unexporting, definition
Exporting
unmount command
mount and umount Command Options
unmounting
definition
Mounting
/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
Recommendations for Exporting
/etc/exports Options
{} in maps
Using Environment Variables