[7ef22cff] | 1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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[ff769b8c] | 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
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[7ef22cff] | 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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[460c6edb] | 7 | <!ENTITY autofs-patch-dir "http://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/daemons/autofs/v4/">
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[7ef22cff] | 8 | <!ENTITY autofs-download-http "http://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/daemons/autofs/v4/autofs-&autofs-version;.tar.bz2">
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| 9 | <!ENTITY autofs-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/daemons/autofs/v4/autofs-&autofs-version;.tar.bz2">
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[460c6edb] | 10 | <!ENTITY autofs-md5sum "7e3949114c00665b4636f0c318179657">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY autofs-size "168 KB">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY autofs-buildsize "2.3 MB">
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| 13 | <!ENTITY autofs-time "less than 0.1 SBU">
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[7ef22cff] | 14 | ]>
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| 15 |
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| 16 | <sect1 id="autofs" xreflabel="autofs-&autofs-version;">
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[d3ad3271] | 17 | <?dbhtml filename="autofs.html"?>
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| 18 |
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| 19 | <sect1info>
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| 20 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 21 | <date>$Date$</date>
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[e19ad480] | 22 | <keywordset>
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| 23 | <keyword role="package">autofs-&autofs-version;.tar</keyword>
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[9084c2eb] | 24 | <keyword role="ftpdir">autofs</keyword>
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[e19ad480] | 25 | </keywordset>
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[d3ad3271] | 26 | </sect1info>
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| 27 |
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| 28 | <title>Automate Mounting of File Systems</title>
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| 29 |
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| 30 | <indexterm zone="autofs">
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| 31 | <primary sortas="a-Autofs">Autofs</primary>
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| 32 | </indexterm>
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| 33 |
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| 34 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 35 | <title>Introduction to Autofs</title>
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| 36 |
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| 37 | <para>The <application>autofs</application> package contains userspace
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| 38 | tools that work with the kernel to mount and un-mount removable file
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[e0d33ef] | 39 | systems. This is useful for allowing users to mount floppies, cdroms and
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[d3ad3271] | 40 | other removable storage devices without requiring the system
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[e0d33ef] | 41 | administrator to mount the devices. This may not be ideal for all
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[d3ad3271] | 42 | installations, so be aware of the risks before implementing this feature.</para>
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| 43 |
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| 44 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 45 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 46 | <listitem>
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| 47 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&autofs-download-http;"/></para>
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| 48 | </listitem>
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| 49 | <listitem>
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| 50 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&autofs-download-ftp;"/></para>
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| 51 | </listitem>
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| 52 | <listitem>
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| 53 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &autofs-md5sum;</para>
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| 54 | </listitem>
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| 55 | <listitem>
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| 56 | <para>Download size: &autofs-size;</para>
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| 57 | </listitem>
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| 58 | <listitem>
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| 59 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &autofs-buildsize;</para>
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| 60 | </listitem>
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| 61 | <listitem>
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| 62 | <para>Estimated build time: &autofs-time;</para>
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| 63 | </listitem>
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| 64 | </itemizedlist>
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| 65 |
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| 66 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
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| 67 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 68 | <listitem>
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| 69 | <para>Recommended Patch: <ulink
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[460c6edb] | 70 | url="&autofs-patch-dir;autofs-&autofs-version;-misc-fixes.patch"/></para>
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[d3ad3271] | 71 | </listitem>
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| 72 | <listitem>
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| 73 | <para>Recommended Patch: <ulink
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[460c6edb] | 74 | url="&autofs-patch-dir;autofs-&autofs-version;-multi-parse-fix.patch"/></para>
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[d3ad3271] | 75 | </listitem>
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| 76 | <listitem>
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| 77 | <para>Recommended Patch: <ulink
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[460c6edb] | 78 | url="&autofs-patch-dir;autofs-&autofs-version;-non-replicated-ping.patch"/></para>
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[d3ad3271] | 79 | </listitem>
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| 80 | </itemizedlist>
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| 81 |
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| 82 | </sect2>
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| 83 |
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| 84 | <sect2 role="kernel" id="autofs-kernel">
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| 85 | <title>Kernel Configuration</title>
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| 86 |
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| 87 | <indexterm zone="autofs autofs-kernel">
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| 88 | <primary sortas="d-Automounter">Automounter</primary>
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| 89 | </indexterm>
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| 90 |
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| 91 | <para>Verify that kernel support has been compiled in or built as
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| 92 | modules in the following areas:</para>
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| 93 |
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| 94 | <screen><literal>File systems
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[e19ad480] | 95 | Kernel automounter version 4 support Y or M
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[7ef22cff] | 96 | Network File Systems
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[e19ad480] | 97 | NFS file system support Y or M
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| 98 | SMB file system support Y or M</literal></screen>
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[d612b9f] | 99 |
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[d3ad3271] | 100 | <para>Recompile and install the new kernel, if necessary.</para>
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[7ef22cff] | 101 |
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[d3ad3271] | 102 | </sect2>
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[0290a023] | 103 |
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[d3ad3271] | 104 | <sect2 role="installation">
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[d612b9f] | 105 |
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[d3ad3271] | 106 | <title>Installation of Autofs</title>
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| 107 |
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[e0d33ef] | 108 | <para>Install <application>autofs</application> by running the following
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[d3ad3271] | 109 | commands:</para>
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| 110 |
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[460c6edb] | 111 | <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../autofs-&autofs-version;-misc-fixes.patch &&
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| 112 | patch -Np1 -i ../autofs-&autofs-version;-multi-parse-fix.patch &&
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| 113 | patch -Np1 -i ../autofs-&autofs-version;-non-replicated-ping.patch &&
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[6b104248] | 114 | ./configure --prefix=/ --mandir=/usr/share/man &&
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[d3ad3271] | 115 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 116 |
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| 117 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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| 118 |
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| 119 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install &&
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| 120 | rm /etc/rc.d/init.d/autofs</userinput></screen>
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| 121 |
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| 122 | </sect2>
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| 123 |
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| 124 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 125 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 126 |
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[6b104248] | 127 | <para><command>rm /etc/rc.d/init.d/autofs</command>: This command removes
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| 128 | the installed script which only works on specific distributions.</para>
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[d260aaf4] | 129 |
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[d3ad3271] | 130 | </sect2>
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[d260aaf4] | 131 |
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[d3ad3271] | 132 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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| 133 | <title>Configuring Autofs</title>
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[7ef22cff] | 134 |
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[d3ad3271] | 135 | <sect3 id="autofs-config">
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| 136 | <title>Config Files</title>
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[7ef22cff] | 137 |
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[d3ad3271] | 138 | <para><filename>/etc/sysconfig/autofs.conf</filename>,
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| 139 | <filename>/etc/auto.master</filename>,
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| 140 | <filename>/etc/auto.misc</filename>, and
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| 141 | <filename>/etc/auto.net</filename></para>
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[7ef22cff] | 142 |
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[d3ad3271] | 143 | <indexterm zone="autofs autofs-config" >
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| 144 | <primary sortas="e-etc-sysconfig-autofs.conf">/etc/sysconfig/autofs.conf</primary>
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| 145 | </indexterm>
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[7ef22cff] | 146 |
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[d3ad3271] | 147 | <indexterm zone="autofs autofs-config">
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| 148 | <primary sortas="e-etc-auto.master">/etc/auto.master</primary>
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| 149 | </indexterm>
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[7ef22cff] | 150 |
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[d3ad3271] | 151 | <indexterm zone="autofs autofs-config">
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| 152 | <primary sortas="e-etc-auto.misc">/etc/auto.misc</primary>
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| 153 | </indexterm>
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[7ef22cff] | 154 |
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[d3ad3271] | 155 | <indexterm zone="autofs autofs-config">
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| 156 | <primary sortas="e-etc-auto.net">/etc/auto.net</primary>
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| 157 | </indexterm>
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[7ef22cff] | 158 |
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[d3ad3271] | 159 | </sect3>
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[7ef22cff] | 160 |
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[d3ad3271] | 161 | <sect3>
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| 162 | <title>Configuration Information</title>
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[7ef22cff] | 163 |
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[d3ad3271] | 164 | <para>The installation process creates <filename>auto.master</filename>,
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| 165 | <filename>auto.misc</filename> and <filename>auto.net</filename>. You
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| 166 | will replace the <filename>auto.master</filename> with the following
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| 167 | commands:</para>
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| 168 |
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| 169 | <screen role="root"><userinput>mv /etc/auto.master /etc/auto.master.bak &&
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| 170 | cat > /etc/auto.master << "EOF"
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| 171 | <literal># Begin /etc/auto.master
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[7ef22cff] | 172 |
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[e19ad480] | 173 | /media /etc/auto.misc
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[7ef22cff] | 174 |
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[d3ad3271] | 175 | # End /etc/auto.master</literal>
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| 176 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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| 177 |
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| 178 | <note>
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| 179 | <para>This file mounts a new media directory over the one created by
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| 180 | LFS and will therefore hide any mounts made by the
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| 181 | <filename>fstab</filename> file into that directory.</para>
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[d612b9f] | 182 | </note>
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[d3ad3271] | 183 |
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[e0d33ef] | 184 | <para>While this package could be used to mount NFS shares and SMB
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| 185 | shares, that feature is not configured in these instructions. NFS shares
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[d3ad3271] | 186 | are covered on the next page.</para>
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| 187 |
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| 188 | <para>The <filename>auto.misc</filename> must be configured to your
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| 189 | working hardware. The loaded configuration file should load your cdrom
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| 190 | if <filename>/dev/cdrom</filename> is active or it can be edited to
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[e0d33ef] | 191 | match your device setup and examples for floppies are available in the file
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[d3ad3271] | 192 | and easily activated. Documentation for this file is available using the
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| 193 | <command>man 5 autofs</command> command.</para>
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| 194 |
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| 195 | </sect3>
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| 196 |
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| 197 | <sect3 id="autofs-init">
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| 198 | <title>Boot Script</title>
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| 199 |
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| 200 |
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[e0d33ef] | 201 | <para>Install the <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/autofs</filename> mount script
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| 202 | and <filename>/etc/sysconfig/autofs.conf</filename> support file included
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[d3ad3271] | 203 | with the <xref linkend="intro-important-bootscripts"/> package.</para>
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| 204 |
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| 205 | <indexterm zone="autofs autofs-init">
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| 206 | <primary sortas="f-autofs-init">autofs</primary>
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| 207 | </indexterm>
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| 208 |
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| 209 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install-autofs</userinput></screen>
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| 210 |
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| 211 | <para>The time-out variable is set in
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| 212 | <filename>/etc/sysconfig/autofs.conf</filename>. The installed file sets
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| 213 | a default of 60 seconds of inactivity before unmounting the device. A
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[e0d33ef] | 214 | much shorter time may be necessary to protect buffer writing to a floppy
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[d3ad3271] | 215 | if users tend to remove the media prior to the timeout setting.</para>
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| 216 |
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| 217 | </sect3>
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| 218 |
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| 219 | </sect2>
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| 220 |
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| 221 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 222 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 223 |
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| 224 | <segmentedlist>
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| 225 | <segtitle>Installed Program</segtitle>
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| 226 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 227 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 228 |
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| 229 | <seglistitem>
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| 230 | <seg>automount</seg>
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| 231 | <seg>autofs modules</seg>
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[460c6edb] | 232 | <seg>/lib/autofs and /var/run/autofs</seg>
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[d3ad3271] | 233 | </seglistitem>
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| 234 | </segmentedlist>
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| 235 |
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| 236 | <variablelist>
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| 237 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 238 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 239 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 240 |
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| 241 | <varlistentry id="automount">
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| 242 | <term><command>automount</command></term>
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| 243 | <listitem>
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[e0d33ef] | 244 | <para>is the daemon that performs the mounting when a request is
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[d3ad3271] | 245 | made for the device.</para>
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| 246 | <indexterm zone="autofs automount">
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| 247 | <primary sortas="b-automount">automount</primary>
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| 248 | </indexterm>
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| 249 | </listitem>
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| 250 | </varlistentry>
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| 251 |
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| 252 | </variablelist>
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| 253 |
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| 254 | </sect2>
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[7ef22cff] | 255 |
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| 256 | </sect1>
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| 257 |
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