Tips from an RHCE: Quick and dirty automounts

Contributed by Joshua Hoffman

1. Enable the /net map in /etc/auto.master.

2. Create a new directory to hold your network mounts:

    mkdir /network

3. Create links for the mounts you want:

    cd /network
    ln -s /net/server1/var/ftp/pub/Server Server

4. Now you can just use the links:

    cd /network/Server

5. Best of all, this always works:

    ls /network

6. This trick even works for NIS user homedirs:

    cd /home
    ln -s /net/server1/home/guests guests 

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