Tanner Lovelace wrote: > On 9/12/06, Matt Bidwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I've got what should be a very simple problem that I'm just not able to >> fix. I'm using autofs to mount a folder to the root file directory. >> Instead what I'm getting is that folder inside of the same folder on >> the root directory. So instead of having /<folder1>/content I >> get /<folder1>/<folder1>/content. The /<folder1> is a regular >> directory, meaning I did a mkdir which it is to my understanding is the >> proper way. >> Pertinent file info below, sanitized for your pleasure. >> /etc/auto.master >> /<folder1> /etc/auto.<folder1> --timeout=600 -g >> /etc/auto.<folder1> >> <folder1> <host>.local:/export2/<folder1> > > > I think you have a small misunderstanding of how autofs > works. The behavior you are seeing is expected. The > directory in auto.master lists the directory under which to > mount all the mount points for that particular auto.[whatever] > file. Then within auto.<folder1> you list the mount points, > one to a line, and they then get mounted under the directory > specified in auto.master.
If you really want the directory to be in root use a symlink in / to point to where autofs is actually mounting it. --[Lance] -- Celebrate The Circle http://www.celebratethecircle.org/ Carolina Spirit Quest http://www.carolinaspiritquest.org/ My LiveJournal http://www.livejournal.com/users/labrown/ GPG Fingerprint: 409B A409 A38D 92BF 15D9 6EEE 9A82 F2AC 69AC 07B9 CACert.org Assurer -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
