Re: how to automount on RedHat

[Dave Martini <martini@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I added nisplus to the automounts option in /etc/nsswitch.conf file and 
now I don't get the RPC errors when starting/stopping autofs but I still 
can't cd to my directories.

Do I have to define everything in /etc/auto.master and do it that way 
and manually create the directories on the client in RHEL 4? I was 
hoping the machine would automatically get this information on the 
automount maps from my server which it seems to do
because when I do a ypcat -k auto.master I see all of my automount maps 
but I can't CD to the locations it says no such file or directory.

I have an RHEL 3 machine where this does work and I don't have to put 
anything in /etc/auto.master and I can cd to all of my logical locations 
no problem. Is this a change in RHEL 4?

Dave.


Marq wrote:
> Hi
>
> To make auto mount work
>
> first we have to configure to "/etc/auto.master"
>
> It is like this
>
> /autodir    /etc/auto.misc
>
> This means that the when we start the auto mount daemon it begins to 
> monitor
> the directory "/autodir"
>
> second we have to create the directory on which we are going to mount and
> that should be under the /autodir directory
>
> third configure the "/etc/auto.misc" like this
>
> /autodir/mountdir                  -rw,soft,intr
> nfsserver:/nfsshare
>
> then start the autofs daemon
>
> "service autofs start"
>
>
>
> On 31/10/06, Dave Martini <martini@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > I'm trying to get automounts to work on my RHEL 4 machine. When I start
> > the autofs service I get these errors. How do I get it so it automounts
> > my directories from my NIS domain? I don't want to have to put each
> > mount in the /etc/fstab file if possible. I would like autofs to handle
> > it.
> >
> > host1# service autofs reload
> > automount not running
> >
> > host1# service autofs start
> > Starting automount: do_ypcall: clnt_call: RPC: Procedure unavailable
> > do_ypcall: clnt_call: RPC: Procedure unavailable
> > do_ypcall: clnt_call: RPC: Procedure unavailable
> > do_ypcall: clnt_call: RPC: Procedure unavailable
> > do_ypcall: clnt_call: RPC: Procedure unavailable
> > do_ypcall: clnt_call: RPC: Procedure unavailable
> > do_ypcall: clnt_call: RPC: Procedure unavailable
> > do_ypcall: clnt_call: RPC: Procedure unavailable
> > do_ypcall: clnt_call: RPC: Procedure unavailable
> > do_ypcall: clnt_call: RPC: Procedure unavailable
> > do_ypcall: clnt_call: RPC: Procedure unavailable
> > do_ypcall: clnt_call: RPC: Procedure unavailable
> > do_ypcall: clnt_call: RPC: Procedure unavailable
> > do_ypcall: clnt_call: RPC: Procedure unavailable
> >
> > No Mountpoints Defined                                     [  OK  ]
> >
> > [root# more /etc/auto.master
> > #
> > # $Id: auto.master,v 1.3 2003/09/29 08:22:35 raven Exp $
> > #
> > # 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 --timeout=60
> > #/misc  /etc/auto.misc
> > #/net   /etc/auto.net
> >
> >
> > # service autofs status
> > Configured Mount Points:
> > ------------------------
> > do_ypcall: clnt_call: RPC: Procedure unavailable
> > do_ypcall: clnt_call: RPC: Procedure unavailable
> > do_ypcall: clnt_call: RPC: Procedure unavailable
> > do_ypcall: clnt_call: RPC: Procedure unavailable
> > do_ypcall: clnt_call: RPC: Procedure unavailable
> > do_ypcall: clnt_call: RPC: Procedure unavailable
> > do_ypcall: clnt_call: RPC: Procedure unavailable
> > do_ypcall: clnt_call: RPC: Procedure unavailable
> > do_ypcall: clnt_call: RPC: Procedure unavailable
> >
> >
> >
> > Active Mount Points:
> > --------------------
> >
> > I have another machine RHEL 3 that automounts work on. Is it reading a
> > certain file on the machine to get this info? /etc/mtab shows all these
> > mounts but how does it get the info in there?
> >
> > host2 # service autofs reload
> > Checking for changes to /etc/auto.master ....
> > Reload map /usr/sbin/automount --timeout=60 /us yp auto.home -rw,soft
> > Reload map /usr/sbin/automount --timeout=60 /erd/modeler yp auto_modeler
> > -rw,soft
> > Reload map /usr/sbin/automount --timeout=60 /erd/share yp auto_share
> > -rw,hard
> > Reload map /usr/sbin/automount --timeout=60 /erd/statistic yp
> > auto_statistic -rw,soft
> > Reload map /usr/sbin/automount --timeout=60 /erd/admin yp auto_admin
> > -rw,soft
> > Reload map /usr/sbin/automount --timeout=60 /erd/www yp auto_www -rw,soft
> > Reload map /usr/sbin/automount --timeout=60 /erd/cad yp auto_cad -rw,soft
> > Reload map /usr/sbin/automount --timeout=60 /apps yp auto_apps -rw,soft
> > Reload map /usr/sbin/automount --timeout=60 /home yp auto.home -rw,soft
> > Reload map /usr/sbin/automount --timeout=60 /erd/ingres yp auto_ingres
> > -rw,soft
> > Reload map /usr/sbin/automount --timeout=60 /erd/logs yp auto_logs
> > -rw,soft
> > Reload map /usr/sbin/automount --timeout=60 /eta yp auto_eta
> > Reload map /usr/sbin/automount --timeout=60 /erd/voc yp auto_voc
> > Reload map /usr/sbin/automount --timeout=60 /erd/oracle yp auto_oracle
> > Reload map /usr/sbin/automount --timeout=60 /erd/hydrogeo yp 
> > auto_hydrogeo
> > Reload map /usr/sbin/automount --timeout=60 /erd/data yp auto_data
> > Reload map /usr/sbin/automount --timeout=60 /erd/s200hydrogeo yp
> > auto_s200hydrogeo
> > Reload map /usr/sbin/automount --timeout=60 /erd/s300hydrogeo yp
> > auto_s300hydrogeo
> > Start /usr/sbin/automount --timeout=60 /ingdata yp auto_ingdata -rw,soft
> > failed to load map, exiting
> > Start /usr/sbin/automount --timeout=60 /epd yp auto_epd -rw,soft
> > failed to load map, exiting
> > Start /usr/sbin/automount --timeout=60 /erd/doc yp auto_doc -rw,soft
> > failed to load map, exiting
> > Start /usr/sbin/automount --timeout=60 /erd/test yp auto_test
> > failed to load map, exiting
> > Start /usr/sbin/automount --timeout=60 /seismic yp auto_seismic
> > failed to load map, exiting
> > Start /usr/sbin/automount --timeout=60 /erd/phoenix yp auto_phoenix
> > failed to load map, exiting
> > Start /usr/sbin/automount --timeout=60 /erd/gis yp auto_gis -rw,soft
> > failed to load map, exiting
> > Start /usr/sbin/automount --timeout=60 /erd/martini yp auto_martini
> > -rw,soft
> > failed to load map, exiting
> >
> > host 2# more /etc/auto.master
> > #
> > # $Id: auto.master,v 1.3 2003/09/29 08:22:35 raven Exp $
> > #
> > # 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 --timeout=60
> > #/misc  /etc/auto.misc
> > #/net   /etc/auto.net
> > #
> >
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