On Thu, Aug 03, 2000 at 12:15:21AM -0400, Brian Stults wrote: > Hello, > > I'm using the kernel-based auto mounter, autofs. I have all my mount > points in the default /var/autofs/misc, and I have symbolic links to > them in /mnt. However, whenever I do a listing of /mnt (either from an > xterm, or from within an application such as StarOffice), all of the > devices controlled by autofs are mounted. Is there a way to prevent > this? If I want to access my CD-RW from within StarOffice, I would like > to be able to go into the directory called /mnt and then go into the > directory called /mnt/cdrw. But I would like to be able to do this > without inadvertantly automatically mounting all the devices controlled > by autofs. Any suggestions? I haven't used autofs since I converted from RH last year. IIRC mount behavior is controlled by a couple of config files. I'm not sure whether or not access methods can be specified and discriminated for/against (say, like diald allows/dissallows net connection by activity type). Suggest you post your config files, relevant parts of your directory tree, and examples of behavior which cause/don't cause filesystems to mount. I found autofs more trouble than it was worth. There are a number of GUI apps which provide for mounting and umounting specific filesystems fairly transparently, for Gnome, KDE, and WindowMaker. This might be a preferred alternative. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://www.netcom.com/~kmself Evangelist, Opensales, Inc. http://www.opensales.org What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Debian GNU/Linux rocks! http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ K5: http://www.kuro5hin.org GPG fingerprint: F932 8B25 5FDD 2528 D595 DC61 3847 889F 55F2 B9B0
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