On Thu, 2007-04-19 at 23:15 -0600, Derek Reid wrote: > Thanks for the reply, Ian. > > Here are the details. I need to mount my usb flash drive on /mnt/ . > There is no problem mounting it at least two dirs deep (/mnt/foo/ for > example) but you can't put "/" as the key in auto.master as "/" is > already mounted. Which leaves the other config file (auto.usb in my > case). It won't accept "/", which would then indicate "/mnt/", and it > errors with the previously mentioned message. > > I'm not sure if that helps explain my goal any more clearly but to > answer your questions: > > * autofs version: > > 4.1.4 (Fedora Core 5 rpm) > > * /etc/auto.master: > > /mnt /etc/auto.usb --timeout=3 --ghost > > * /etc/auto.usb: > > / -fstype=auto :/dev/sdb1 > > In short, I suppose I can sum it up in one question: How can you > automount something exactly one directory deep from "/"?
OK, I get it. The only way to do that (exactly one level) is to use a direct mount map. This will only work with autofs version 5 with a kernel which supports it. Version 5 won't start if the kernel doesn't support it. In auto.master put /- /etc/auto.usb --timeout=3 The "--ghost" option isn't needed. In /etc/auto.usb put /mnt -fstype=auto :/dev/sdb1 and that should do what you want. > > Thanks, > > Derek > > On Fri, 2007-04-20 at 12:58 +0800, Ian Kent wrote: > > On Thu, 2007-04-19 at 12:12 -0600, Derek Reid wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I'd like to mount my usb flash drive exclusively on /mnt but I'm not > > > sure if this is possible. > > > > > > >From the docs, it looks like /etc/auto.master has to have /mnt listed as > > > the key but in the usb autofs config, but I don't know what would need > > > to be listed. I've tried "/" and "." but neither seem to take. I get > > > the following message written to the syslog: > > > > > > automount[21234]: bad map format: found indirect, expected direct > > > exiting > > > > > > Does anyone know if this *is* possible and if so, what do I need to put > > > as the key? > > > > No idea what you mean. > > What version of autofs? > > How about an example of what you're attempting to do with a description > > of what you've done and what you've put in what files. > > > > Ian > > > > _______________________________________________ autofs mailing list [email protected] http://linux.kernel.org/mailman/listinfo/autofs
