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Automount mini-Howto don@sabotage.org v0.4, 17 April 2025 This file describes the autofs automounter, how to configure it, and points out some problems to avoid. 1. Introduction 1.1 Automount - what and why 1.2 Types of automounting 2. Installation 3. Configuration 4. That long wait to unmount 5. Questions 5.1 I don't see /auto/floppy, or whatever mountpoint I'm looking for. 5.2 How do I see what's mounted? 5.3 I put in a win95 disk ("vfat") and it was autodetected as only a regular FAT disk. 5.4 My filesystem /auto/grumblesmurf is mounted and kill -SIGUSR1 won't unmount it. 5.5 What happens if I make / the directory for the automounter 5.6 Can I have two map files on the same directory? 5.7 I'm using SuSE 6.0 and needed ---timeout instead of --timeout 5.8 How do I set the permissions and ownership for the filesystem (IE FAT) 5.9 Who do I thank for autofs? 5.10 Where can I learn more about automounting?

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