[luau] fstab & smd mounts

Yuser yuser at hi.net
Fri Sep 20 15:19:00 PDT 2002


> Is it possible to add an entry into fstab to mount a smbfs
> automatically at boot up? What
would the entry look like?
>

Have you considered autofs?  IMHO a much better method for
mounting frequently used remote file systems.
Once you get autofs going (man autofs,
automount, and auto.master), an entry in auto.misc like this:
test -
fstype=smbfs,username=tridge,password=foobar    ://fjall/test
will mount the smb
share from //fjall/test in /misc/test whenever it is needed and dismount
after a presetinactive period.

for regular mounting use:
mount -t smbfs -o
username=tridge,password=foobar //fjall/test /misc/test
(ripped from man
smbmount)












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