[CentOS] Re:Automount configuration problem

Mon Aug 13 23:42:36 UTC 2007
Lanny Marcus <mailing-lists at computer2.com>

On 13 August 2007, Akemi Yagi amyagi at gmail.com wrote:
<snip>
> This wiki may help?
> 
> http://wiki.centos.org/TipsAndTricks/HAL

Akemi: I just found the below, in the Enterprise Linux Deployment Guide
found in System > Documentation on the GNOME Desktop. In my box,
everything in the /etc/sysconfig/autofs file is commented out. When I
can use my daughters box (my wife is on it now), I will check to see
that everything in that file is commented out there too. Lanny


> IV.27.1.5. /etc/sysconfig/autofs
> 
> 
> 				The /etc/sysconfig/autofs file defines custom options for the automatic mounting of devices. This file controls the operation of the automount daemons, which automatically mount file systems when you use them and
> 				unmount them after a period of inactivity. File systems can include network file systems, CD-ROMs, diskettes, and other media.
> 			
> 
> 
> 				The /etc/sysconfig/autofs file may contain the following:
> 			
> 
>     *
> 
> 
>       					
>       						LOCALOPTIONS="<value>", where <value> is a string for defining machine-specific automount rules. The default value is an empty string
>       						("").
>       					
>       				
>     *
> 
>       					
>       						DAEMONOPTIONS="<value>", where <value> is the timeout length in seconds before unmounting the device. The default value is 60 seconds
>       						("--timeout=60").
>       					
>       				
>     *
> 
>       					
>       						UNDERSCORETODOT=<value>, where <value> is a binary value that controls whether to convert underscores in file names into dots. For example,
>       						auto_home to auto.home and auto_mnt to auto.mnt. The default value is 1 (true).
>       					
>       				
>     *
> 
>       					
>       						DISABLE_DIRECT=<value>, where <value> is a binary value that controls whether to disable direct mount support, as the Linux implementation does
>       						not conform to the Sun Microsystems' automounter behavior. The default value is 1 (true), and allows for compatibility with the Sun automounter options specification syntax.