Invoking the automounter

Once the maps are written, make sure that there are no equivalent entries in /etc/vfstab and that all the entries in the maps refer to NFS shared resources. Then, invoke the automounter, using the following command syntax:

automount [-mnTv] [-D name=value] [-M mount-directory] \
[-f master-file] [-t sub-options] [directory map \
[-mount-options]] ...

Using this syntax, the automounter can be invoked in any of the following ways (for the components indirect_map, direct_map and master_map, substitute the appropriate filenames):

• You can specify all arguments to the automounter without reference to the master map:
  
  automount /net /etc/indirect_map \
  -rw,intr,secure /- /etc/direct_map -ro,intr

  In this case, /net is the directory/mount-point, /etc/indirect_map is the location for the indirect map file that is to be used, -rw,intr,secure are the mount options for the indirect map, /- means use a direct_map, /etc/direct_map is the location for the direct map that is to be used, and -ro,intr are the mount options for the direct map.

• You can specify all arguments in the master map and instruct the automounter to look in it for instructions:
  
  automount -f /etc/master_map

• You can specify more mount points and maps in addition to those mentioned in the master map:
  
  automount -f /etc/master_map /src /etc/auto.src -ro,soft

• You can nullify one of the entries in the master map (particularly useful if you are using a map that you cannot modify but that does not meet the needs of your machine):
  
  automount -f /usr/lib/master_map /home -null

• You can override an entry in the master map by specifying a different indirect map on the command line, as follows:
  
  automount -f /usr/lib/master_map /home \
  /myown/indirect_map -rw,intr

  This command tells the automounter to mount /home according to instructions in /myown/indirect_map, not according to instructions in the indirect map specified in the master map.