Re: Autofs

[Alvin Oga <aoga@Maggie.Linux-Consulting.com>]

hi ya joakim

>  /etc/auto.master:
>  /-----------------------------------------------------------------
>  | # $Id: auto.master,v 1.2 1997/10/06 21:52:03 hpa Exp $
>  | # Sample auto.master file
>  | # Format of this file:
>  | # mountpoint map options
>  | # For details of the format look at autofs(5).
>  | /var/autofs/misc	/etc/auto.misc
>  | /var/autofs/net      /etc/auto.net
>  \-----------------------------------------------------------------

the above says that you are mounting "misc.foo"  onto  /var/autofs/misc
	- make sure you ahve the directory called /var/autofs/misc
	simlarly of /var/autofs/net

make sure your kernel supports autofs
	- compiled into the kernel  -- or --
	as a modules  listed by  lsmod

	- you'd probably have a library like /usr/lib/autofs
	( a list of autofs libs )
 
>  /etc/auto.misc:
>  /-----------------------------------------------------------------
>  | # $Id: auto.misc,v 1.2 1997/10/06 21:52:04 hpa Exp $
>  | # This is an automounter map and it has the following format
>  | # key [ -mount-options-separated-by-comma ] location
>  | # Details may be found in the autofs(5) manpage
>  | 
>  | kernel		-ro					ftp.kernel.org:/pub/linux
>  | boot		-fstype=ext3				        :/dev/hda1
>  | removable	-fstype=ext2,sync,nodev,nosuid		        :/dev/hdd
>  | cd		-fstype=iso9660,ro,sync,nodev,nosuid	        :/dev/hdc
>  | floppy		-fstype=auto,sync,nodev,nosuid		:/dev/fd0
>  | local		-fstype=ext3,ro,soft,intr,nosuid        :/dev/hda5

	#
	# use this for testing autofs
	#
     mail		-fstype=auto,soft,intr		mail:/var/spool/mail

>  |
>  | # Key "local" is added by me.
>  \-----------------------------------------------------------------
>

local is the only thing your care about...

- you really do NOT want to be automounting a local filesystem

- make sure you can manuyally mount that resource
	root# mount -t ext3 -o ro,soft,intr,nosuid /dev/hda5 /mnt

	if the above works... autofs should also work

- if yu have access to mail.your-domain.com:/var/spool/mail

	add "mail:/var/spool/mail"  to the auto.misc file

	ls -la /var/autofs/misc/mail
		== should list your mailboxes


> When I then first go to the mount-point /var/autofs/master, and thenthe configuration files
> seem to
> try:
> 
>    bash% cd kernel
>    bash: cd: kernel: No such file or directory

it's not automounting...
	- what is the error messages in /var/log/

i think you wanna go to
---------------------------
        cd /var/autofs/misc
        ls -la kernel


hav fun
alvin