I'm trying to use autofs in its simplest possible form, following examples in Red Hat's documentation, to mount an nfs directory from my desktop pc to my notebook. Everything seems to be in place because I can mount the nfs export manually (at the command line or with /etc/fstab) with no problem. I want to do this because I connect my notebook to three different networks (or sometimes I don't connect to a network) and on startup, the notebook seems to take forever looking for the networks (to mount smbfs/nfs/ncpfs directories) that arent' there. I'm hoping that autofs will reduce boot time. To get started, I tried a simple one. Here's how I've set it up:
Server (Desktop PC): /etc/exports: /home/sbrown 192.168.2.3(rw,sync)
Notebook: /etc/auto.master: /misc /etc/auto.misc
/etc/hosts: 192.168.2.4 dadlx
/etc/auto.misc: dad -rw,soft,intr,rsize=8192,wsize=8192 dadlx:/home/sbrown
After reloading aufofs, /sbin/service autofs status reports: Configured Mount Points: ------------------------ /usr/sbin/automount --timeout=60 /misc file /etc/auto.misc
Active Mount Points: -------------------- /usr/sbin/automount --timeout=60 /misc file /etc/auto.misc
I'm assuming that if this works, I will be able to view the desktop files on my notebook at /misc/dad. nfs is running on the server and autofs is running on the notebook. So far, it's not connecting. Any assistance with this would be appreciated.
