Automounting a folder from a remote server

[Michael Gim]

I am trying to do a automount a folder named Data on a UX workstation IP address 10.202.75.12 from a UX server IP Address 10.202.75.10.

Can anyone tell me what is the exact command line that I should add onto the etc/fstab?

[Yogeeraj_1 · Accepted solution]

hi,

On: 10.202.75.12
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In /etc/exports

/Data -anon=65534


On: 10.202.75.10
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in /etc/fstab

10.202.75.10:/Data /RemoteData nfs ro,suid 0 0

You can also do it using the SAM interface, which does all necessary modification to the required files.

BUT, don't forget about security.

hth
Yogeeraj

[Ramkumar Devanathan]

Hi,

For automounts you don't normally specify entries in the /etc/fstab.

Do the following.

On the nfs server -
1. add entry for the share in the /etc/exports file - see man exports for syntax if required.
2. run exportfs -a
3. check to see if the share has been exported by running exportfs

On the nfs client -
1. in the /etc/auto_master add the following line:
/net -hosts -nosuid,soft
see man auto_master for more information and specific options.

2. probably you should (re)start your automount daemon:
/path/to/automount -f /etc/auto_master

3. check whether the exported share is available to you:
showmount -e

4. traverse to directory
/net//

5. ls
the above should list the exported mount among the various directories listed.

That should help i guess.

- ramd.

[Michael Gim]

Thank you all for your help. In fact my previous administrator has done a combined of both methods, but forgot to create a mount point on one of the workstation.

It is working now.