How To Install autofs on CentOS 8

autofs is A tool for automatically mounting and unmounting filesystems

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install autofs on CentOS 8.

What is `autofs`

autofs is a daemon which automatically mounts filesystems when you use them, and unmounts them later when you are not using them. This can include network filesystems, CD-ROMs, floppies, and so forth.

We can use yum or dnf to install autofs on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install autofs.

Install autofs on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install autofs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install autofs

Install autofs on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install autofs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install autofs

How To Uninstall autofs on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the autofs package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove autofs

autofs Package Contents on CentOS 8

/etc/auto.master
/etc/auto.master.d
/etc/auto.misc
/etc/auto.net
/etc/auto.smb
/etc/autofs.conf
/etc/autofs_ldap_auth.conf
/etc/sysconfig/autofs
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/10
/usr/lib/.build-id/10/227d9dc4e38aa7d6e62c961b5caf603bc2d58c
/usr/lib/.build-id/19
/usr/lib/.build-id/19/f4e767bf711dbca9d47492e1ad387ee0c54d4a
/usr/lib/.build-id/1e
/usr/lib/.build-id/1e/93e04575f115e737cf71701054218367a74bf7
/usr/lib/.build-id/20
/usr/lib/.build-id/20/8ad226cc4da4f3250c9f0956214515a88cd295
/usr/lib/.build-id/23
/usr/lib/.build-id/23/9dfe0405fc3f3f263af712e1e38a603c2793f2
/usr/lib/.build-id/3f
/usr/lib/.build-id/3f/585523d1ae4088bef6afdb58bb5119de424d82
/usr/lib/.build-id/46
/usr/lib/.build-id/46/5c314f83fe0eb89957208ecf734961833879ae
/usr/lib/.build-id/78
/usr/lib/.build-id/78/3b5535f4610c7603cfa725870f67b85a66bed3
/usr/lib/.build-id/78/5d6b1e64fe63bab28897c740b3e539d3903cbb
/usr/lib/.build-id/7e
/usr/lib/.build-id/7e/27c09dfc54ab4701fcde2224fc94521a89cc83
/usr/lib/.build-id/81
/usr/lib/.build-id/81/8b3a19a05a2e07b1d661e54e994b03793b474f
/usr/lib/.build-id/86
/usr/lib/.build-id/86/9811e52e2ed1ecc4cbf29cf7543cb2b6646684
/usr/lib/.build-id/90
/usr/lib/.build-id/90/6faec0cab7e1822371bbf3620b798f97820846
/usr/lib/.build-id/a4
/usr/lib/.build-id/a4/00c36fb222d0e2b7b3738a663f872de98f6acd
/usr/lib/.build-id/ad
/usr/lib/.build-id/ad/043e1efbe920ea226313380388474a92a6ee20
/usr/lib/.build-id/bc
/usr/lib/.build-id/bc/380c916983c1974e459d1b103f8233bbc4df4d
/usr/lib/.build-id/c0
/usr/lib/.build-id/c0/eb4da8c002593f3b426ec7a453a687bc89e1b7
/usr/lib/.build-id/c8
/usr/lib/.build-id/c8/6b4907682794d570e88f470ecfb3dbd8bf1d5e
/usr/lib/.build-id/df
/usr/lib/.build-id/df/aece13596e7f2dab72cc907da0d2c5a2f7c1f6
/usr/lib/.build-id/f2
/usr/lib/.build-id/f2/55f0d6f9a0166e7ec4a81c31c82ec5df8b8c70
/usr/lib/systemd/system/autofs.service
/usr/lib64/autofs
/usr/lib64/autofs/lookup_dir.so
/usr/lib64/autofs/lookup_file.so
/usr/lib64/autofs/lookup_files.so
/usr/lib64/autofs/lookup_hosts.so
/usr/lib64/autofs/lookup_ldap.so
/usr/lib64/autofs/lookup_ldaps.so
/usr/lib64/autofs/lookup_multi.so
/usr/lib64/autofs/lookup_nis.so
/usr/lib64/autofs/lookup_nisplus.so
/usr/lib64/autofs/lookup_program.so
/usr/lib64/autofs/lookup_sss.so
/usr/lib64/autofs/lookup_userhome.so
/usr/lib64/autofs/lookup_yp.so
/usr/lib64/autofs/mount_afs.so
/usr/lib64/autofs/mount_autofs.so
/usr/lib64/autofs/mount_bind.so
/usr/lib64/autofs/mount_changer.so
/usr/lib64/autofs/mount_ext2.so
/usr/lib64/autofs/mount_ext3.so
/usr/lib64/autofs/mount_ext4.so
/usr/lib64/autofs/mount_generic.so
/usr/lib64/autofs/mount_nfs.so
/usr/lib64/autofs/mount_nfs4.so
/usr/lib64/autofs/parse_amd.so
/usr/lib64/autofs/parse_sun.so
/usr/sbin/automount
/usr/share/doc/autofs
/usr/share/doc/autofs/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/autofs/COPYRIGHT
/usr/share/doc/autofs/CREDITS
/usr/share/doc/autofs/INSTALL
/usr/share/doc/autofs/README
/usr/share/doc/autofs/README.active-restart
/usr/share/doc/autofs/README.amd-maps
/usr/share/doc/autofs/README.autofs-schema
/usr/share/doc/autofs/README.changer
/usr/share/doc/autofs/README.ldap-schema
/usr/share/doc/autofs/README.ncpfs
/usr/share/doc/autofs/README.replicated-server
/usr/share/doc/autofs/README.smbfs
/usr/share/doc/autofs/README.v5.release
/usr/share/doc/autofs/am-utils-ldap-id.txt
/usr/share/doc/autofs/am-utils-ldap.schema
/usr/share/doc/autofs/autofs.schema
/usr/share/doc/autofs/ldap-automount-auto.direct
/usr/share/doc/autofs/ldap-automount-auto.indirect
/usr/share/doc/autofs/ldap-automount-auto.master
/usr/share/doc/autofs/ldap-automount-rfc2307-bis-auto.direct
/usr/share/doc/autofs/ldap-automount-rfc2307-bis-auto.indirect
/usr/share/doc/autofs/ldap-automount-rfc2307-bis-auto.master
/usr/share/doc/autofs/ldap-automount-rfc2307-bis-old-style-auto.master
/usr/share/doc/autofs/ldap-nis-auto.direct
/usr/share/doc/autofs/ldap-nis-auto.indirect
/usr/share/doc/autofs/ldap-nis-auto.master
/usr/share/doc/autofs/rfc2307.schema
/usr/share/doc/autofs/rfc2307bis.schema
/usr/share/man/man5/auto.master.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/autofs.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/autofs.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/autofs_ldap_auth.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/autofs.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/automount.8.gz

References

autofs website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install autofs on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.