Automount and Autofs.......

[Steven Michalske]

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your previous email looks like the solution that is proper

hardkrash


On Thursday 17 April 2003 1:53 pm, Ralph Crongeyer wrote:
RC> On Thursday 17 April 2003 03:52 pm, Ralph Crongeyer wrote:
RC>
RC> So what do you all think? Is this the way to go?
RC> How do you accomplish this (Automounting) task?
RC>
RC> > On Thursday 17 April 2003 03:25 pm, Steven Michalske wrote:
RC> >
RC> > Mtools 3.9.9 is installed. I think I need to have the autofs package
RC> > installed.
RC> >
RC> > Why Autofs ?
RC> >
RC> >  Autofs automatically mounts file systems for you when they are
 requested. RC> > This has a very handy features: It's great for handling
 removable media. RC> > Just CD to the right directory, or execute ls or do
 anything that sends a RC> > request to the mount point: and the daemon
 mounts it. After all, it's the RC> > kind of job that's beneath the dignity
 of a human being First, you need to RC> > install the "autofs" package. It
 should include some appropriate config RC> > files. The files you need are
 /etc/auto.master and /etc/auto.mnt Examples RC> > shown below:
RC> >
RC> > /etc/auto.master
RC> >
RC> > # Format of this file:
RC> > # mountpoint map options
RC> > # For details of the format look at autofs(8).
RC> >
RC> > #/misc       /etc/auto.misc     --timeout 60
RC> > /mnt   /etc/auto.mnt --timeout 5
RC> > # This is an automounter map and it has the following format
RC> > # key [ -mount-options-separated-by-comma ] location
RC> > # Details may be found in the autofs(5) manpage
RC> >
RC> >
RC> > /etc/auto.mnt
RC> >
RC> > # nosuid means suid bits on mounted media will not be set.
RC> >
RC> > cdrom      -fstype=iso9660,user,nosuid        :/dev/cdrom
RC> > floppy     -fstype=ext2,defaults,user,nosuid,sync  :/dev/fd0
RC> > zip        -fstype=ext2,defaults,user,nosuid  :/dev/sda4
RC> >
RC> > It can be downloaded from here:
RC> >
RC> > http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/daemons/autofs/
RC> >
RC> > > i believe kde uses the mtools package for automounting the floppy
 drive RC> > > or something like that
RC> > >
RC> > >
RC> > >
RC> > > On Thursday 17 April 2003 12:12 pm, Ralph Crongeyer wrote:
RC> > > RC> On Thursday 17 April 2003 01:34 pm, Steven Michalske wrote:
RC> > > RC>
RC> > > RC> I have the hotplug module installed and it works great for my usb
RC> > > camera. RC> However I have to mount and unmount my usb floppy drive
 every RC> > > time I want to RC> access it, it's the same with my cdrom?
RC> > > RC>
RC> > > RC> Should hotplug be mounting my usb floppy and cdrom too?
RC> > > RC>
RC> > > RC> > look at the hotplug module
RC> > > RC> >
RC> > > RC> >
RC> > > RC> > On Thursday 17 April 2003 10:27 am, Ralph Crongeyer wrote:
RC> > > RC> > RC> Can some one help me to set my system up so that the cdrom
 and RC> > > usb RC> >  devices are RC> automatically mount when a disk is
 inserted or RC> > > usb device RC> > is plugged in? RC>
RC> > > RC> > RC> All I can see on line so far is information about
 auto-autofs RC> > > but it is RC> >  not in RC> the moonbase.
RC> > > RC> > RC>
RC> > > RC> > RC> So how do I go about setting things up for automounting in
RC> > > Lunar? RC> >
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RC> > > RC>
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