Linux NFS and Automounter Administration

Book excerpt: The Craig Hunt Linux Library provides the advanced information that Linux professionals and systems administrators need to keep their Linux servers up and running at maximum efficiency. Developed by noted Linux and TCP/IP guru Craig Hunt and written by acknowledged Linux experts, these books dig deeper into each of the eight key Linux topics -- Samba, Apache, DHCP, NFS and Automounter, Sendmail, DNS, security, and system administration -- than any other book on the market. -- Erez Zadok, creator of the latest release of Automounter Daemon (Amd) pens this comprehensive look inside the most popular Linux/Unix distributed file system. -- Learn how to install and configure Amd and NFS for optimum speed and reliability. -- This addition to the popular Craig Hunt Linux Library gives you an in-depth look at troubleshooting NFS access problems, server-side and client security, plus using the Automounter query tool (Amq).