Automount mini-Howto
don@sabotage.org
v0.4, 17 April 1999
This file describes the autofs automounter, how to configure it, and points out some problems to avoid.
1.
Introduction
1.1 Automount - what and why
1.2 Types of automounting
2.
Installation
3.
Configuration
4.
That long wait to unmount
5.
Questions
5.1 I don't see /auto/floppy, or whatever mountpoint I'm looking for.
5.2 How do I see what's mounted?
5.3 I put in a win95 disk ("vfat") and it was autodetected as only a regular FAT disk.
5.4 My filesystem
/auto/grumblesmurf
is mounted and
kill -SIGUSR1
won't unmount it.
5.5 What happens if I make / the directory for the automounter
5.6 Can I have two map files on the same directory?
5.7 I'm using SuSE 6.0 and needed
---timeout
instead of
--timeout
5.8 How do I set the permissions and ownership for the filesystem (IE FAT)
5.9 Who do I thank for autofs?
5.10 Where can I learn more about automounting?