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Automount

Now I gave 2 machines. and I use to mount the 2'nd macinne
using moung -t machine2:/ /net
Now I wounder what amd is. How it works and how to set this up.
Does automount mean that i can do so I have /net unmounted but it get mounted when I cd to the directory /net and It unmount the directory by it self???

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hulken

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I think I don't understand. But mabe it's because my english is so bad.
I run RedHat 5.0. and amd starts when I start my computer.
My /etc/amd.conf looks like this:

/defaults fs:=${autodir}/${rhost}/root/${rfs};opts=nosuid,nodev
* rhost:=${key};type:=host;rfs:=/

Say that I like machine1.domain.se to mount / from machine2.domain.se under /net

What shall I edit???
If I understand you right I shall add
/net/machine2.domain.se/ somewhere is this right?
BTW. I like root on machine1 to have premission to write on machine2. How do I fix this?

jaked

OK, if you already have amd set up, all you have to do is go to /net/machine2.domain.se and you should see the volume--you don't need to edit anything. Amd will mount the volume for you.

In order to map root on machine1 to root on machine2, you need to edit your /etc/exports and add no_root_squash to the options for the exported volume.

hulken

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Oh, thanks.. So it have been working all the time. It worked direct when I did a cd /net/machine2

I thougt I could get it to work like this:

if I did a cd /net
amd should mount machine 2 there. But mabe the best way to do this is with an alias.

I just wounder one thing more.
When I use amd. Do I nead to start the nfsfs on machine one???
Do I have to start nfs on machine one???
(/etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S60nfs and /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S15nfsfs)

jaked

No, you don't need those. The 'nfs' startup script starts nfsd, so you need it only on machine2. The 'nfsfs' script mounts all filesystems in your fstab with typ nfs, and since you're handling that through amd you don't need it either.

hulken

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If you se this. I wounder one more thing. I have something /etc/rc.d/init.d/autofs
What is this???