does the autofs support come built with the installation of slackware 10.1 or the kernel 2.6.11.6? if so does it configure itself automatically and all i have to do is enable it? the reason why i'm asking is because i want to use what i have already and the big question mark is i don't know what i have. i chose the default install.

i basically want to have the cdrom and the usb thumb drives to automount and umount themselves. at the moment i have to mount them manually.

i wasn't sure if i needed this to do this http://iki.fi/karvinen/linux/doc/aut...ng-autofs.html to create the automount.

i really want to avoid having anything double to avoid any conflicts in the future.

thanks.

I have autofs enabled and I use it to automount cd/dvd drive and nfs share

- Install autofs package
- cp /usr/doc/autofs-x.x.x/samples/auto.master /etc

for cdrom, I edited /etc/auto.master as follow :
then I created /etc/auto.cdrom file with the content (my cdrom is /dev/hdd) :
I issued these commands :
Now to automount the cdrom :
To umount it :

i have autofs install but i don't have this: /etc/rc.d/rc.autofs after installation is there something that i need to do next?
thanks

i just check my autofs install and it does show up as being install. i have autofs-3.1.7-i386-1 autofs (kerenl-based automouter) this was from pkgtool.

i can't seem to find any of the config files for it.

can some one please help me out. thanks!

You've it, it's just not installed by default, it's on: /usr/doc/autofs-3.1.7/samples/rc.autofs.in

Oh, and read carefully what keefaz said, you've to copy other file too (which is in the same location as this one) and create the latest:

My bad, I forget two points :

- download rc.autofs from :
http://mariner.cs.ucdavis.edu/slackw...ware/rc.autofs
(because this script is more lighter and adapted for slackware only)

- mkdir /cdrom (I can't remember if it is needed, but in case...)