............................Contents


Preface	xi
1. Solaris NFS Environment	1
...NFS System	2
...Autofs	2
......Autofs Features	3
2. How To Set Up NFS Servers	5
...About the NFS Environment	5
...NFS File Systems	6
...NFS Servers and Clients	6
...NFS Administration Tasks	7
......Setting Up Automatic Sharing	8
......Sharing Objects	11
......Setting Up at Boot Time	12
3. How To Use the NFS Environment	13
...NFS Commands	13


...NFS Administrative Tasks	14
......Adding a New File System to Share	14
......Unsharing File Systems	15
......Displaying Shared Local File Systems	15
......Displaying Mounted File Systems	16
4. Setting Up and Maintaining NFS Security	19
... Secure RPC	20
......DES Authentication	21
......KERB Authentication	22
...AUTH_DES Client/Server Session	22
...Administering Secure NFS	27
...Instructions for Administering Secure NFS	27
......Setting Up Secure NFS	28
5. NFS Troubleshooting	31
...General Information on NFS Troubleshooting	32
...NFS Troubleshooting Instructions	33
......Determining Where NFS Service Has Failed	33
......Clearing Server Problems	34
......Clearing Remote Mounting Problems	34
......Fixing Hung Programs	36
6. Using Autofs	39
...How Autofs Works	40
...Setting Up Autofs Maps	42
......auto_home Map	42


......auto_master Map	42
......Direct Maps	42
......Indirect Maps	42
......autofs Command Syntax	43
......automountd Command Syntax	43
......Master Map Syntax	43
......Direct and Indirect Map Syntax	44
......How Autofs Navigates Through the Network (Maps)	45
......How Autofs Starts the Navigation Process (Master Map) .	45
......Direct Maps	49
......How Autofs Finds Specific File Systems (Indirect Maps)	50
......How Autofs Selects the Nearest Read-Only Files for Clients
........(Multiple Locations)	52
......Multiple Mounts	54
......Variables in a Map Entry	57
......Maps That Refer to Other Maps	57
......Modifying How Autofs Navigates the Network (Modifying
........Maps)	60
......Administrative Tasks Involving Maps	60
......Modifying the Maps	62
......Avoiding Mount Point Conflicts	63
......Default Autofs Behavior	64
...Autofs Reference	65
......Metacharacters	65
......Special Characters	67


......Accessing Non-NFS File Systems	67
......Accessing NFS File Systems Using CacheFS	68
...Common Problems and Recommended Solutions	70
......How To Set Up Different Architectures To Access a Shared Name
........Space	70
......How To Set Up a Common View of the `/home` Directory
........Structure	73
......How to Consolidate Project-Related files`/ws` Directory
........Structure`)`	75
...Troubleshooting Autofs	78
......Reference for Autofs Troubleshooting	78
Index	83