Re: autofs example
Quoting Frank Trenkamp (letho@t-online.de):
> > Now I've never used automounting at all. What benefit does it confer
> > when used with a fixed partition? (I can see the virtues with
> > removable disks and remote machines like your NFS mount below.)
>
> In my opinion it's a question of comfort. It saves typing, as you can omit
> su, sudo etc. and the actual mount command. Ok ok, it's for the real lazy
> kind like me .. ;)
>
> On the other hand, if you wanted to remove, say, a floppy before autofs's
> timeout, you do need to unmount it explicitly to ensure it syncs back. But
> that's what mtools are good for. ;)
I guess one day the penny will drop, but it hasn't yet.
(There's no typing involved with an entry in /etc/fstab.)
Cheers,
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