Networking Guide
Chapter 13, Configuring the NFS automounter

Creating indirect and direct automount maps

Creating indirect and direct automount maps

The major difference between the contents of a direct and indirect map is that a direct map is complete of itself, whereas an indirect map requires additional information from the master map or the automount command line. This additional information is the pathname at which to create a virtual directory under which automount links the indirect map keys. The following subsections provide examples of indirect and direct maps.