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mount -v reports a "-hosts" entry ?

 
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maxwell_smart
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‎10-25-2007 09:28 AM

‎10-25-2007 09:28 AM

mount -v reports a "-hosts" entry ?

Does anybody know the meaning of this entry in the "mount -v" command output?
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Tim Nelson
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‎10-25-2007 09:34 AM

‎10-25-2007 09:34 AM

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Re: mount -v reports a "-hosts" entry ?

The -hosts entry is from automountd. The NFS automounter which I typically turn off as it never really worked that well.

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A. Clay Stephenson
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‎10-25-2007 09:51 AM

‎10-25-2007 09:51 AM

Re: mount -v reports a "-hosts" entry ?

This is a special automounter map entry. -hosts mounts all exported filesystems under a directory in /net.

Suppose the you have the following entry in /etc/auto_master:

/net -hosts

When a user tries to access /net/mickey then the client will try to contact NFS server mickey and will try to mount all exported file systems so that, for example, you might see /net/mickey/u01, /net/mickey/u02, ...
If it ain't broke, I can fix that.
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maxwell_smart
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‎10-26-2007 01:24 AM

‎10-26-2007 01:24 AM

Re: mount -v reports a "-hosts" entry ?

Thanks a lot for your help!
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