topic Re: Autofs is not working on HP-UX 11.31 in Operating System - HP-UX

Autofs is not working on HP-UX 11.31

senthil_kumar_1 — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:15:52 GMT

Hi All,

I would like to configure autofs on HP-UX 11.31.

I would like auto mount server1:/var to /data of client1.

/var of server1 has shared in /etc/dfs/dfstab.

I have done following configurations in client1

1)#more /etc/auto_master

/net -hosts -nosuid,soft,nobrowse
/- /etc/auto_direct

2)# more /etc/auto_direct

/data -nosuid server1:/var

3)# /sbin/init.d/autofs stop
# /sbin/init.d/autofs start

4)# cd /data

Here the system is hanging.

Are the above stpes correct?

How to solve this issue?

Re: Autofs is not working on HP-UX 11.31

OldSchool — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:43:03 GMT

what happens if you attempt to manually mount server11:/var someplace, does it hang or succeed?

If hangs, the problem is most likely with server1. Did share it out after updating the dfstab?

Re: Autofs is not working on HP-UX 11.31

Steven E. Protter — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 20:54:06 GMT

Shalom,

Check permissions on the configuration files for autofs.

It has been known to cause problems on this platform and OS if execute (x) permissions are on the auto* files.

SEP

Re: Autofs is not working on HP-UX 11.31

Albert Smith_1 — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 02:17:11 GMT

Did you happen to start/restart the nfs services on the client?

Also is NFS started on the source machine?

Re: Autofs is not working on HP-UX 11.31

senthil_kumar_1 — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:21:09 GMT

Hi All,

I am able to mount manually.

Is above configurations are correct?

Re: Autofs is not working on HP-UX 11.31

Pete Randall — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:27:36 GMT

> 4)# cd /data

Try "cd /net/data" instead. Also take a look at bdf output - you should be able to see /data mounted.

Pete

Re: Autofs is not working on HP-UX 11.31

senthil_kumar_1 — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:07:46 GMT

Hi Pete,

I am able to access "cd /net/server1/var".

Re: Autofs is not working on HP-UX 11.31

Pete Randall — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:50:49 GMT

That is the way automounter - sorry, autofs - works. A reference to a file system on another host causes autofs to automatically mount this file system on the mount point specified in /etc/auto_master - in your case /net.

Pete

Re: Autofs is not working on HP-UX 11.31

OldSchool — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:51:47 GMT

of course, you could simply mount it, via NFS, at boot time, if that suits our needs.

Re: Autofs is not working on HP-UX 11.31

Steven E. Protter — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:22:29 GMT

Seems to be working after a fashion.

did permissions on the auto* files have any impact?

Can you post the files, there may be something that we can work out for you with configuration syntax.

SEP