hi all, i just learned how to configure and use autofs. works great except for a few minor glitches.
one of the minor glitches is that the mount point, say, /auto/cdrom, disappears until the filesystem gets mount. for example, this produces no output: $ ls /auto/ however, this produces the the directory listing for the cd drive: $ ls /auto/cdrom in other words, when automount runs, the mount point is not there until you ls or cd into the directory. when the filesystem gets unmounted, the mount point directory again disappears. i googled for this, and found that other people experience the same thing. it kind of sucks because: 1. can't use filename completion (which i rely on) 2. graphical file openers cannot reach the filesytem. 3. having to tickle the directory before you use it is just very unaesthetic. does anybody know a way around this? in other words, does anybody know how to keep the directories visible even when the filesystem isn't mounted? i could've sworn i've installed mandrake systems at our IF's that had this behavior.... another minor glitch is that it appears you can't automount onto a top level directory. in other words, i can have the cd automount into /auto/cdrom but not into /cdrom. this is frustrating, because i really like having the mountpoint /cdrom. can someone confirm or refute this? if possible, i'd REALLY like to have /cdrom, /floppy, and /jaz automount rather than /auto/cdrom, /auto/floppy, and /auto/jaz. thanks! pete -- GPG Instructions: http://www.dirac.org/linux/gpg GPG Fingerprint: B9F1 6CF3 47C4 7CD8 D33E 70A9 A3B9 1945 67EA 951D _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
