On Sun 29 Jun 03, 2:09 PM, Ken Bloom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > On 2003.06.29 11:17, Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > >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 > > Mandrake systems use a different kernel patch called supermount, so it > sets up a fstab line where the fstype field is "supermount", one for > each drive. ahhh... ok. i might look into this. supermount. thanks!
> It sounds like autofs creates one mountpoint from the mount command's > point of view, and lists all of the removable media drives there as it > discovers that someone wants them, you can have many mount "areas", each with multiple mount points. 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
