Setting up the automount facility

You need to customize the configuration files before you can start using the automount facility.

The /etc/auto.master file must contain the directory or directories that the automount facility will monitor.
The MapName file must have entries for the mapping between the subdirectory of a directory managed by the automount facility and the mount parameters. For an example of a MapName file, see MapName.

You can also refer to the automount command in z/OS UNIX System Services Command Reference for more information about both files.

Restriction: File system name templates using symbol symbolics cannot be more than 44 characters long. Symbolics used for the automount facility (&SYSNAME., <asis_name>, <us_name>) are resolved within automount as part of checking the length of the file system name template.