I don't know how Autofs mounts default, and obviously I'm postulating
here that this *may* be at the root of your problem.

/etc/auto.master is the base, which leads to other configuration files for various "watchpoints". These sub-config files list how to mount the "on-demand" FS, including NFS mounts, and any appropriate mount flags.

Is there any reason to prefer this to an explicit entry in /etc/fstab?

On demand is nice for removeable media, especially with a low timeout (who cares, it'll remount :) For NFS, it's useful when you add new machines to the network. You don't have to go to everyones fstab and add a new export. We use /net/$hostname for example


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