Hi, all

I have an autofs issue to ask here.

*********** /etc/auto.master **********
....
/pub /etc/auto.pub

*********** /etc/auto.pub **********
nfsmount 192.168.11.6:/export

Except nfsmount directory under the /pub, there are other sub-directory under the /pub.

I start autofs, then I found automount the remote /export into /pub/nfsmount works fine. But other sub-directories disappears. After umounting the /pub/nfsmount, these sub-directories appears again. I tried to mount the remote /export manually, then remote /pub succedded to be mounted on the /pub/nfsmount directory without the loss of other sub-directories.

Q1. I wonder why the autofs caused the loss of sub-directories?
Q2 and whether FC5 provides the autfofs direct map for mount. I remember solaris has the direct mount map.

Please advise , thank you.

A quick answer to losing your subdirectories is that your mount point for all the nfs exported directories is /pub. When you mount to this directory, all local directories under /pub will disappear. This is normal. If you want to keep your local directories under /pub, then I would advise you use /pub/import or some other name other than import to mount the exported nfs directories. In your case then you would have a /pub/import/nfsmount directory and all your other local directories will still be under /pub. I hope this helped for part of your question.

Thank you, I will try