# Newbie question : autofs is not working **URL:** \ **Category:** Rocky Linux Help & Support\ **Created:** [May 24, 2023, 1:56pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/newbie-question-autofs-is-not-working/10029 "2023-05-24T13:56:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cozsmin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/cozsmin/32/3130_2.png) [@cozsmin](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/cozsmin)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2023, 1:56pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/newbie-question-autofs-is-not-working/10029/1 "2023-05-24T13:56:36Z")
Hello ladies and gents , I was following the tutorial from [RHCSA RHEL 8 - Using AutoFS with NFS - YouTube](https://youtu.be/yS9C5k1Jc5Y) , so my setup is : NFS server centos 7, NFS client RockyLinux 9.2 Both have firewall disabled between them , also enforcing is permissive on both . NFS server IP : 192.168.122.1 NFS client IP : 192.168.122.20 Mounting manually works without a problem . Trying with autofs is another thing … Here is the config on NFS client : /etc/auto.master contents : ```auto +dir:/etc/auto.master.d +auto.master ``` /etc/auto.master.d/home.autofs contents : ```auto /home /etc/autofs.home ``` /etc/autofs.home contents : ```auto * -rw 192.168.122.1:/home/& ``` After i restart the autofs dameon , the “/home” directory is empty But it looks mounted : ```auto [root@nfs-client etc]# df -h /home Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /etc/autofs.home 0 0 0 - /home ``` Daemon does look up and fine : ```auto [root@nfs-client etc]# service autofs status Redirecting to /bin/systemctl status autofs.service ● autofs.service - Automounts filesystems on demand Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/autofs.service; disabled; vendor preset: disabled) Active: active (running) since Wed 2023-05-24 15:50:58 EEST; 17min ago Main PID: 2624 (automount) CGroup: /system.slice/autofs.service └─2624 /usr/sbin/automount --systemd-service --dont-check-daemon May 24 15:50:58 nfs-client systemd[1]: Starting Automounts filesystems on demand... May 24 15:50:58 nfs-client systemd[1]: Started Automounts filesystems on demand. ``` So i tried to run the autofs manually with “/usr/sbin/automount -dvf” to get more logs out of it : ```auto [root@nfs-client etc]# service autofs stop Redirecting to /bin/systemctl stop autofs.service [root@nfs-client etc]# [root@nfs-client etc]# /usr/sbin/automount -dvf Starting automounter version 5.0.7-116.el7_9.1, master map auto.master using kernel protocol version 5.02 lookup_nss_read_master: reading master files auto.master do_init: parse(sun): init gathered global options: (null) spawn_mount: mtab link detected, passing -n to mount spawn_umount: mtab link detected, passing -n to mount lookup_read_master: lookup(file): read entry +dir:/etc/auto.master.d lookup_nss_read_master: reading master dir /etc/auto.master.d lookup_read_master: lookup(dir): scandir: /etc/auto.master.d include_file: lookup(dir): include: /etc/auto.master.d/home.autofs lookup_nss_read_master: reading master file /etc/auto.master.d/home.autofs do_init: parse(sun): init gathered global options: (null) lookup_read_master: lookup(file): read entry /home lookup_read_master: lookup(file): read entry +auto.master lookup_nss_read_master: reading master files auto.master do_init: parse(sun): init gathered global options: (null) lookup_nss_read_master: reading master nisplus auto.master lookup_nss_read_master: no map - continuing to next source lookup_nss_read_master: reading master sss auto.master lookup_nss_read_master: no map - continuing to next source master_do_mount: mounting /home automount_path_to_fifo: fifo name /run/autofs.fifo-home lookup_nss_read_map: reading map file /etc/autofs.home do_init: parse(sun): init gathered global options: (null) spawn_mount: mtab link detected, passing -n to mount spawn_umount: mtab link detected, passing -n to mount mounted indirect on /home with timeout 300, freq 75 seconds st_ready: st_ready(): state = 0 path /home =========================== ``` Someone may help me here ? i am totally lost … ---
**Author:** ![neil](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/neil/32/34_2.png) [@neil](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/neil)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2023, 1:57pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/newbie-question-autofs-is-not-working/10029/2 "2023-05-24T13:57:29Z")
I’ve edited your post to put content in `code` blocks. You can surround text with three back ticks (```) in order to make blocks like in your post, now. ---
**Author:** ![cozsmin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/cozsmin/32/3130_2.png) [@cozsmin](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/cozsmin)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2023, 2:02pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/newbie-question-autofs-is-not-working/10029/3 "2023-05-24T14:02:18Z")
Ok Thank you very much Neil ---
**Author:** ![Zilvermeeuw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Zilvermeeuw](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/Zilvermeeuw)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2023, 2:04pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/newbie-question-autofs-is-not-working/10029/4 "2023-08-22T14:04:17Z")
I had the same problem. I solved it by installing mount.nfs ```auto dnf install mount.nfs ```