What Is Automount in Linux?
Contents How Does Linux Automount Work? the Automount Command, Which Is Called at System Startup Time, Reads the Master Map File Auto_Master to Create the...
How does Linux automount work?
The automount command, which is called at system startup time, reads the master map file auto_master to create the initial set of autofs mounts. These autofs mounts are not automatically mounted at startup time. … After the autofs mounts are set up, these mounts can trigger file systems to be mounted under them.
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How does automount work in NFS?
Autofs defined
In short, it only mounts a given share when that share is being accessed and are unmounted after a defined period of inactivity. Automounting NFS shares in this way conserves bandwidth and offers better performance compared to static mounts controlled by /etc/fstab .
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