On Fri, May 27, 2005 at 01:04:47PM -0700, Michael O'Keefe wrote: > >>>I don't know how Autofs mounts default, and obviously I'm postulating > >>>here that this *may* be at the root of your problem. > >> > >>/etc/auto.master is the base, which leads to other configuration files > >>for various "watchpoints". These sub-config files list how to mount the > >>"on-demand" FS, including NFS mounts, and any appropriate mount flags. > > > >Is there any reason to prefer this to an explicit entry in /etc/fstab? > > On demand is nice for removeable media, especially with a low timeout > (who cares, it'll remount :) > For NFS, it's useful when you add new machines to the network. You don't > have to go to everyones fstab and add a new export. We use > /net/$hostname for example >
Well, that makes good sense. As always, the needs of a large (compared to home) environment are subtly different from the home set-up. -- Lan Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Guy, SCM Specialist 858-354-0616 -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
