[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > <para>The <application>autofs</application> package contains userspace > tools that work with the kernel to mount and un-mount removable file > - systems. This is useful for allowing users to mount floppies, cdroms and > + systems. The primary use is to mount external network file systems like > + nfs (see <xref linkend="nfs-utils"/>) or Samba (see <xref > linkend="samba3"/>) > + on demand.</para> > + > + <para>It may also be useful for allowing users to mount floppies, cdroms > and > other removable storage devices without requiring the system > - administrator to mount the devices. This may not be ideal for all > + administrator to mount the devices although this capability is now > generally > + provided by HAL (see <xref linkend="hal"/>). This may not be ideal for > all > installations, so be aware of the risks before implementing this > feature.</para>
Good! > -/media /etc/auto.misc > +/media/cdrom /etc/auto.misc I can't see how this can be right. Your configuration tells autofs to create invisible subdirectories of /media/cdrom, and mount e.g. a floppy to /media/cdrom/floppy on the first access to this /media/cdrom/floppy directory. Also, the package description says that the primary use of this package now is for networked file systems, so maybe it is a good idea to provide an example for them (and say where they are mounted). If we are really talking about floppies and CD-ROMs (and smbfs, too), one also has to edit the mount options and add the correct iocharset and codepage parameters. > + <para>This file mounts a new media directory but is not visible until > + it is automounted by autofs. An alternative method would be to > + automount into another location such as > + <filename>/var/lib/autofs/cdrom</filename> and create a sysbolic > + link from <filename>/media/cdrom</filename> to the other > + location.</para> This alternative method should be the default. -- Alexander E. Patrakov -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-book FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
