Read-only (ro) autofs mount showing as Read-write (rw) in mount output

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • NFS share defined as ro in auto.master, but 'mount -t nfs' shows the share as rw, while 'nfsstat -m' shows the true state (ro).
    Why is autofs mount always shown as rw?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
  • autofs

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