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Automount mini-Howto
don@sabotage.org
v0.4.1, 21 March 2002
This file describes the autofs automounter, how to configure it, and points out some problems to avoid.
1. Introduction
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/grumblesmurfis mounted andkill -SIGUSR1won'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
---timeoutinstead 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?
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