/net - what is it for?

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balanga

Looking at The Handbook regarding directory structure, there is no mention of /net, but one is created when I install FreeBSD, although it didn't used to exist in earlier versions. I have no idea what purpose it serves.

Can anyone enlighten me?
 
Code: 
 % cat /etc/auto_master
# $FreeBSD: stable/12/usr.sbin/autofs/auto_master 337749 2018-08-14 13:52:08Z trasz $
#
# Automounter master map, see auto_master(5) for details.
#
/net            -hosts          -nobrowse,nosuid,intr
# When using the -media special map, make sure to edit devd.conf(5)
# to move the call to "automount -c" out of the comments section.
#/media         -media          -nosuid,noatime,autoro
#/-             -noauto
 
balanga said:
but shouldn't it be mentioned in The Handbook ?
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You are absolutely right that it should be mentioned in our great Handbook. Therefore you can look it up there:
https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-nfs.html said:
There is a special automounter map mounted on /net. When a file is accessed within this directory, autofs(5) looks up the corresponding remote mount and automatically mounts it. For instance, an attempt to access a file within /net/foobar/usr would tell automountd(8) to mount the /usr export from the host foobar.
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www.freebsd.org

Chapter 33. Network Servers

This chapter covers some of the more frequently used network services on UNIX systems
www.freebsd.org www.freebsd.org

balanga said:
Can anyone enlighten me?
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Your understanding of enlightenment is a passive one. It cannot be funneled in.


For advanced enlightenment to take place:

Try hard finding yourself before going public.
 
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