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Old 03-16-2011
Autofs

what are all the advantages of direct map and indirect map in 'AUTOFS' and which one is better for our usage
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Old 03-16-2011
Try the following links .. hope they r help and i would suggest do a lil bit searching on google

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http://www.pimpworks.org/sun/autofs.html  


http://www.linux-consulting.com/Amd_AutoFS/autofs-5.html

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Old 04-15-2011
susheel

in direct mapping when ur entring into file system its going tobe mounted
in indirct it considers sub level dirctries to
concept is to kill the idle user
#automount -v
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