Change the mode of the file to an executable to automate the whole process Consider running the file in root mode to give the automount service full permissions This .txt files contains the commands and comments The folder contains 3 files: The .txt A bash script(unexecutable) A bash script(executable) # install the autofs package with a yes argument to accept # the installation package instead of prompting users sudo yum install autofs #create a new file in the /etc/ directory #variable for the file directory to be used in the next line of code FILE="/etc/auto.master.d/guests.auto.fs auto.guests" #create and write the contents of the files echo "* -rw,sync classroom.example.com:/home/guests/&" > FILE #first we need to enable the automount service with root privelegdes sudo systemctl enable autofocus #we then start th automount service also in root permissions sudo systemctl start auto fs