[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > +/media/auto /etc/auto.misc --ghost Good idea!
> + that directory is accessed. The <option>--ghost</option> option tells > + the automounter to create "ghost" versions (i.e. empty directories) of > + all the mount points listed in the configuration file regardless of > + whether any of the file systems is actually mounted or not. This is > very > + convenient and highly recommended, because it will show you the > available maybe s/it/in this case your file manager/ ? > + auto-mountable file systems as existing directories, even when their > file > + systems aren't currently mounted. > working hardware. The loaded configuration file should load your cdrom > if <filename>/dev/cdrom</filename> is active or it can be edited to > - match your device setup and examples for floppies are available in the > file > + match your device setup. Examples for floppies are available in the > file > and easily activated. Documentation for this file is available using > the > <command>man 5 autofs</command> command.</para> Suggested addition: See http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/6.3/chapter08/fstab.html for mount options that may be needed for filesystems with Windows origin to show non-ASCII characters correctly in file names. Also, due to a bug (https://launchpad.net/bugs/133567) in the Linux kernel version in LFS (2.6.22.x), you may want to pass the "usefree" option to vfat filesystems known to be never accessed from Windows XP or later, in order to reduce the time needed to determine the amount of free space on the filesystem. (this time is 60 seconds for a 80 GB iPod) > + <para>In the second line, if enabled, a user's home directory would be > + mounted via NFS upon login. The <filename>/etc/home.auto</filename> > + would need to exist and have an entry similar to:</para> > + > +<screen>joe example.org:/export/home/joe</screen> > + > + <para>where the directory <filename>/export/home/joe</filename> is > + exported via NFS from the system example.org. NFS shares > + are covered on the next page.</para> Very interesting. It looks like every user with home directory on NFS should be listed in /etc/home.auto file on every client, which is a huge amount of work. Is it really how the things were configured in the setup you referred to in http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/pipermail/blfs-dev/2008-March/018166.html ? It would be nice (but I don't insist, because neither NIS nor nss_ldap are in BLFS, so it isn't tuned to such setups) to have some pointers to documents that describe advanced setups that reduce the needed amount of work. > + > + <para>This package could also be used to mount SMB shares, that feature > + is not configured in these instructions. For additional configuration > + information, see the man pages for auto.master(5). There > + are also web resources such as this <ulink > + > url='http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Auto_mount_filesystems_(AUTOFS)#Config_files'>AUTOFS > > + HOWTO</ulink> > + availble.</para> Yes, this HOWTO contains very valuable information. Thanks! -- Alexander E. Patrakov -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-book FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
