Hi Piet, Try this. It works for me with autofs 3.1.7 and Linux 2.4...
In /etc/auto_master, enter a directive (if not already there) for /home by including the following line : /home /etc/auto_home -fstype=nfs And in /etc/auto_home, add an entry similar to this one: * lucho:/export/home/& In this the client mounts home directories form lucho:/export/home directory. Even though those home directories can appear under /net/lucho/export/home, /net isn't needed to satisfy request for directories under /home. Autofs needs to be restarted if you need to update /etc/auto_master. Updating only auto_home shouldn't require an autofs restart, provided ps shows a "automount /home file /etc/auto_home fstype=nfs" process already running. -Louis -- Piet/Pete Delaney wrote: >Is there a way to get automount to mount a filesystem that is mounted >on a automounted filesystem. For Example, in my case I have / and /home >exported and the automout/NFS client mounts /net/<hostname>/ and makes >the <hostname>:/home directory available but it doesn't know to automount >the home directory. > >I thought a clue could be left in the home directory to inform automount >to mount the second filesystems. > >-piet > >
