Sun Certified Solaris(tm) 9 System and Network Administrator All-in-One Exam Guide
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In this chapter, we have examined how to use the automounter to automatically mount commonly used remote drives , such as /home , to provide centralized file-sharing services on Solaris. We explored the uses of master, direct, and indirect maps, and reviewed some issues between NIS+ and the automounter.
Questions
| 1. | Which of the following programs must be running to support automount?
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| 2. | Which of the following is an example of the indirect map that is responsible for the directories in /home for the use pwatters on server toga?
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| 3. | Which of the following is an example of the direct map that is responsible for mapping the directory / games /adventure/misc on toga to /usr/local/games ?
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| 4. | What command is used to check whether the automount daemon is running?
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| 5. | What command is used to start the automounter?
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Answers
| 1. | B. The automountd requires RPC support (rpcbind) to run. |
| 2. | D. Home directories are automounted under /home in this configuration. |
| 3. | A. The local mount point is always specified first. |
| 4. | A. The ps command must be used ”there is no special checking command. |
| 5. | B. /etc/init.d/autofs is the default startup file. |