how to automount on RedHat

[Waleed Harbi]

Just note don't forget start ypbind demon , service ypbind start
chkconfig  portmap on
chkconfig  ypbind on
chkconfig  autofs on

On 10/31/06, Nigel Wade <nmw at ion.le.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> Dave Martini wrote:
> > I'm trying to get automounts to work on my RHEL 4 machine. When I start
> > the autofs service I get these errors. How do I get it so it automounts
> > my directories from my NIS domain? I don't want to have to put each
> > mount in the /etc/fstab file if possible. I would like autofs to handle
> it.
> >
> > host1# service autofs reload
> > automount not running
> >
> > host1# service autofs start
> > Starting automount: do_ypcall: clnt_call: RPC: Procedure unavailable
> > do_ypcall: clnt_call: RPC: Procedure unavailable
>
> That indicates that portmap either isn't running on the NIS server, or
> iptables
> is blocking access to it. Portmap controls access to RPC based services,
> and
> both NIS and NFS require access to it. Check that portmap is enabled on
> both the
> NIS and NFS servers by running:
>
> # chkconfig --list portmap
>
> Portmap should normally be on for run levels 3,4 and 5.
>
> If it's not enabled, enable it either with chkconfig or ntsysv. Then start
> it with:
>
> # service portmap start
>
> Once you have portmap enabled on both servers you need to check client
> access.
> You do this from the NFS client by running:
>
> # rpcinfo -p <RPC server>
>
> substitute <RPC server> with the hostname (or IP) of the NIS and NFS
> servers. If
> you don't get a response it usually means that iptables is getting in the
> way.
> If you get a response from rpcinfo but still can't start the service that
> might
> be because iptables is open for portmap (port 111) but not for the service
> which
> is required. RPC services generally have dynamic ports, hence the use of
> portmap.
>
> All the other symptoms may well be caused by the lack of RPC.
>
> --
> Nigel Wade, System Administrator, Space Plasma Physics Group,
>              University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK
> E-mail :    nmw at ion.le.ac.uk
> Phone :     +44 (0)116 2523548, Fax : +44 (0)116 2523555
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