How to Configure Automounter AUTOFS to access Windows Share Folder

How to Configure Automounter AUTOFS

Applies to:

            Oracle Enterprise Linux – Version: 7

            Oracle Database 11.2.0.4

Description:

I need to access Windows Shared Folder from Oracle Enterprise Linux 7 through AUTOFS.

Solution:

To configure AUTOFS follow the simple steps:

           

Following two rpm’s required:

yum install autofs -y

yum install cifs-utils -y

mkdir /sep

Edit /etc/auto.master file and add the following line under /misc:

/sep    /etc/auto.sep

Save and exit

Now create or edit /etc/auto.sep file and add the following line:

Backups -fstype=cifs,rw,noperm,user=<username>, pass=<password>://192.168.1.2/<winshare>

Save and exit

<username> = windows user name

<password> = windows password

<winshare> = windows share folder

Service autofs restart

Now try to access your share:

Cd /sep/Backups/

df -h

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