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Old 01-16-2008, 11:03 AM
Mike Delaney
 
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Default Re: NFS mounts under /net don't update without reboot

On 25 Nov 2006 19:01:22 -0800, jm90@alpinenetworks.com wrote:
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> If I have a machine /net/netapp with two exported shares vol1 and vol2
> I'm able to access them just fine. If I add/export a new share say vol3
> I can't see it from /net/netapp/vol3 unless I reboot the machine. I've
> tried restarting statd and lockd but that doesn't help. Anyone else run
> into this?


With the /net automount map, the client will not check for new shares
on the server as long as any of that server's shares are mounted.
The /net map can be really convienient at times, but it has it's
limitations, and this is one of them. You might want to consider
using an indirect map instead.

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