hi Brian....
> Let me try to convince you on the direct mount:
> I need to mount all the directories under /usr1/data.
okay...
this is what I would do ( assuming I understood you )
and that the machine is exporting /usr1/data
client# cat /etc/auto.master
/.autofs /etc/auto.data --timeout 60
client# cat /etc/auto.data
#
Data -fstype=nfs machine:/usr1/data
client# cd / ; ln -s .autofs/Data Data
-
- restart autofs as needed
-
client# ls -la /Data
and I am done...and should see the contents of machine:/usr1/data/{dir1,dir2,etc}
> If I could have a /- in the auto.master pointed to say auto.data
> /- auto.data
> then I could automount this one directory with:
> data machine:/usr1/data
> and be done with it.
okay... there is a couple more steps with autofs....but my process
outlined above works for me... as I see everything on any_server:/
> Now I have to put the following in the auto.master
> /data auto.data
> and then in the auto.data I put
> dir1 machine:/usr/data/dir1
> dir2 machine:/usr/data/dir2
> .
> .
nah that is NOT necessary...you can if you like but it creates a
huge mess on both the server and clients
> The benefit of this would be to not having everyone to know all the
> sub-directories under /data or having to guess these.
if you want to hide directories....you can change group permissions
and or create different export directories
> Of course if someone can point out a better way to do this I'd welcome it.
not necessarily better....just the way I do things...
have fun
alvin
