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Learning RHEL Networking

You're reading from   Learning RHEL Networking Gain Linux administration skills by learning new networking concepts in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2015
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ISBN-13 9781785287831
Length 216 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Preface 1. Introducing Enterprise Linux 7 FREE CHAPTER 2. Configuring Network Settings 3. Configuring Key Network Services 4. Implementing iSCSI SANs 5. Implementing btrfs 6. File Sharing with NFS 7. Implementing Windows Shares with Samba 4 8. Integrating RHEL 7 into Microsoft Active Directory Domains 9. Deploying the Apache HTTPD Server 10. Securing the System with SELinux 11. Network Security with firewalld Index

Auto-mounting NFS with autofs


There is a client-side service called autofs that acts as an auto-mount service for both local and remote filesystems. This works with a kernel module and the user space service; as you enter a directory, the mount is created automatically. The autofs package needs to be installed along with the nfs-utils package if NFS mounts are to be made. The auto-mounting feature can work with other remote filesystems, not just NFS. To install autofs, use the following command:

$ sudo yum install -y autofs

With this installed, the default behavior is to use the /net directory point for the network hosts. We can then access shares or exports on any host that we have access to, and enter a directory that matches the server name or IP address after the /net directory. We only need to create top level directories and do not need to create subdirectories. We can just change the directories to /net/192.168.10.10 and this directory will be created. Listing the contents of the...

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