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Old 02-11-2010
autofs

hi


tell me difference between direct automount and indirect automount.


thanks you
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Old 02-11-2010
Direct automounts are those coming from tables having the "/-" key in auto_master. A common direct table name is auto_direct. These tables directly map a local directory to a remote share instead of sharing a common local directory, like /home, /net and so on.
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