<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="SGML-Tools 1.0.9"> <TITLE>Automount mini-Howto</TITLE> <LINK HREF="Automount-1.html" REL=next> </HEAD> <BODY> <A HREF="Automount-1.html">Next</A> Previous Contents <HR> <H1>Automount mini-Howto</H1> <H2>Rahul Sundaram, <A HREF="mailto:Rahulsundaram AT yahoo DOT co DOT in">rahulsundaram@yahoo.co.in</A></H2>v1.6, 2002-12-27 <P><HR> <EM>This file describes the autofs automounter, how to configure it, and points out some problems to avoid.</EM> <HR> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc1">1.</A> <A HREF="Automount-1.html">Introduction</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="Automount-1.html#ss1.1">1.1 Revision History</A> <LI><A HREF="Automount-1.html#ss1.2">1.2 Automount - what and why?</A> <LI><A HREF="Automount-1.html#ss1.3">1.3 Types of automounting</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc2">2.</A> <A HREF="Automount-2.html">Administrative</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="Automount-2.html#ss2.1">2.1 Copyright information</A> <LI><A HREF="Automount-2.html#ss2.2">2.2 Disclaimer</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc3">3.</A> <A HREF="Automount-3.html">Installation</A></H2> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc4">4.</A> <A HREF="Automount-4.html">Configuration</A></H2> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc5">5.</A> <A HREF="Automount-5.html">The long wait for unmounting</A></H2> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc6">6.</A> <A HREF="Automount-6.html">Questions</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="Automount-6.html#ss6.1">6.1 I don't see /auto/floppy, or whatever mountpoint I'm looking for.</A> <LI><A HREF="Automount-6.html#ss6.2">6.2 How do I see what's mounted?</A> <LI><A HREF="Automount-6.html#ss6.3">6.3 I put in a win95 disk ("vfat") and it was autodetected as only a regular FAT disk.</A> <LI><A HREF="Automount-6.html#ss6.4">6.4 My filesystem <CODE>/auto/grumblesmurf</CODE> is mounted and <CODE>kill -SIGUSR1</CODE> won't unmount it.</A> <LI><A HREF="Automount-6.html#ss6.5">6.5 What happens if I make / the directory for the automounter</A> <LI><A HREF="Automount-6.html#ss6.6">6.6 Can I have two map files on the same directory?</A> <LI><A HREF="Automount-6.html#ss6.7">6.7 I'm using SuSE 6.0 and needed <CODE>---timeout</CODE> instead of <CODE>--timeout</CODE></A> <LI><A HREF="Automount-6.html#ss6.8">6.8 How do I set the permissions and ownership for the filesystem (ie)FAT.</A> <LI><A HREF="Automount-6.html#ss6.9">6.9 How to browse the content of an autofs directory, when sub-dirs are not currently mounted ?</A> <LI><A HREF="Automount-6.html#ss6.10">6.10 Who do I thank for autofs?</A> <LI><A HREF="Automount-6.html#ss6.11">6.11 Where can I learn more about automounting?</A> <LI><A HREF="Automount-6.html#ss6.12">6.12 where to contact the developpers" ?.Is there a mailing-list for autofs ?</A> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc7">7.</A> <A HREF="Automount-7.html">Acknowledgements,feedback and dedication</A></H2> <H3></H3> 2<HR> <A HREF="Automount-1.html">Next</A> Previous Contents </BODY> </HTML>