Share, Mount, Mountpoints, Automount Help

[Michael42]

Hello, I am running SunOS 5.6. I need users that access my server from their client systems to access a particular directory without having to specify the full path.

They need to access it so as, once logged in, they can go to the /export/home/cots directory by changing directory (cd) to /cots.

How can I do this without NIS?

Thanks very much, Michael

MCSE NT\2000, UNIX, Novell
Java, JSP, ASP, VB

 

[jsoutherd]

Why not create a symlink to the full path?
ln -fs /export/home/cots cots

 

[chrispar]

For get symbolic links....

automount is the way......

edit the /etc/auto_master
/cots auto_home -nobrowse

then edit the auto_home and add the following...
/cots -hard localhost:/export/home/cots

man page is good for this....

Dont't forget to restart the automountd, DO NOT Stop it...

/etc/rc2.d/S74autofs start

Voila..

Chris