Networking Guide
Chapter 13, Configuring the NFS automounter

Planning an automount configuration

Planning an automount configuration

In a larger network (10 or more workstations), it may be desirable to ``distribute'' automount functionality using NIS (Network Information Service), particularly if you need:

If you wish to distribute automount functionality, you must create automount maps on the NIS master server; see ``Managing automount with NIS''. Any further automount administration is performed on the NIS master server.

NIS-distributed automount maps can be modified on a per-client basis with local automount maps; for more information, see ``Creating local automount maps''. However, NIS management may not be justified if many clients have extensive local automount maps.

In smaller installations, where NIS management is unnecessary, it may be desirable to use automount when workstations double as NFS servers and clients. To optimize performance and user access, we recommend that you:

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