Re: mount nfs on the fly

[Adam Aube <aaube01@baker.edu>]

hjvm@freenet.de wrote:

> I have a server at home which exports an nfs share. If the server is
> powered on when I boot a client I can access the nfs share without
> problems from the client as it is mounted accordingly to the rules of
> fstab at boot time. But if I happen to power on the server when the
> client has already booted, I have to mount the nfs share manually.

> My question is: can I automate this process, i. e. could the client
> automatically try to mount the nfs share when the directory to which the
> share is mounted on the client is accessed?

Take a look at the autofs package.

Adam