Does autofs auto unmount removable media drives as well? I've been struggling with bash to count seconds off of the date command to try and get syntax right before tackling file access times, can't remember how to get that value by the way. The thought is, if a file isn't currently being accessed and it hasn't been accessed for say 6 seconds, then the user probably wants some media to be unmounted. Clearly when the unmount happens, the link to the auto mounted media will disappear. Isn't autofs supposed to take care of unmounting media for you though? I thought the --timeout=6 for example in auto.master indicates how long a device can be mounted and not accessed before it should be unmounted.
So my auto.master looks like this: /.autofs/zip /etc/auto.zip250 --timeout=6 /.autofs/cdrom /etc/auto.cdrom --timeout=6 /.autofs/bernoulli /etc/auto.bern --timeout=6 /.autofs/floppy /etc/auto.flop --timeout=6 And my auto.zip250: # zip 250 drive zip -fstype=auto :/dev/hdd4 And my auto.cdrom: # cdrom cdrom -fstype=auto :/dev/hdc And my auto.bern: # bernoulli bernoulli -fstype=auto :/dev/sda4 And finally my auto.flop: # floppy drive floppy -fstype=vfat :/dev/fd0 I should mention that I'm trying to export this media via samba to a Windows 98SE box. I'm wondering if samba is interfering with the unmounting? I have a directory called file_vault which is samba exported that contains soft links to the directories that will exist when the media is mounted. Every time I access file_vault remotely, the media mounts. Oh, strangely enough the drives have to seemingly be loaded at boot or else the appropriate device files won't exist. I would be happy with an intuitive way to send the unmount command from the Windows 98SE box via the mouse. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
