Setting up the automount facility

You need to customize the configuration files before you can use the automount facility.
  • The /etc/auto.master file must contain the directory or directories that the automount facility will monitor.
  • The MapName file must have entries for the mapping between the subdirectory of a directory managed by the automount facility and the mount parameters. For an example of a MapName file, see MapName.

You can also refer to automount: Configure the automount facility in z/OS® UNIX System Services Command Reference for more information about both files.

File system name templates that use symbol symbolics cannot be more than 44 characters long. Symbolics used for the automount facility (&SYSNAME., <asis_name>, <us_name>) are resolved within automount as part of checking the length of the file system name template.