hi all i have a doubt in autofs

i created a indirect map as follows in RHEL5

in /etc/auto.master ,i add the following

/misc /etc/auto.misc

then i add following entry in /etc/auto.misc

opt -rw,sync node1.rhel.com:/var/opt


node1.rhel.com is my NFS server


then i did

service autofs reload


then i did

ll /misc/opt

then i check

mount -v | grep nfs

then i can see node1.rhel.com:/var/opt is mounted under /misc/opt

now my question is

as nfs autofs share can simply made by ll or cd command and in our case (indirect map) /misc/opt will not present after reloading autofs at first time , how can a NEWBIE can understand there would be a filesystem is mounted under /misc??
as he does't know there is a file named "opt" is present under /misc

then how will he mount the nfsshare?

I usually make a dangling symlink to the autofs expected mounts, e.g.

Then there is a clearly visible mountpoint that when touched, will be valid.