From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 23 03:51:07 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DAA9F16A41C for ; Mon, 23 May 2005 03:51:07 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rylwin@houston.rr.com) Received: from ms-smtp-01-eri0.texas.rr.com (ms-smtp-01.texas.rr.com [24.93.47.40]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A80843D1F for ; Mon, 23 May 2005 03:51:06 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rylwin@houston.rr.com) Received: from [192.168.1.40] (cpe-67-10-38-25.houston.res.rr.com [67.10.38.25]) by ms-smtp-01-eri0.texas.rr.com (8.12.10/8.12.7) with ESMTP id j4N3p4H9016961 for ; Sun, 22 May 2005 22:51:04 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <4291531B.6050906@houston.rr.com> Date: Sun, 22 May 2005 22:50:51 -0500 From: Ryan Winograd User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 (X11/20050428) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine Subject: nfs: fstab or automount X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 03:51:08 -0000 If I set up a network in which the /home directory is shared to all client computers, is it better to have the clients mount the nfs share in fstab or to let automount handle the mounting? What are the pros and cons of each? Thnx in advance for all input, Ryan w