On Tue, 2004-05-25 at 05:22, Mark Guzzo wrote: > On Mon, 2004-05-24 at 14:28, Chris Kloiber wrote: > > On Mon, 2004-05-24 at 22:59, Mark Guzzo wrote: > > > Hello all, > > > > > > I've selected autofs to install and now when I click on the floppy or > > > cdrom from "Computer" in Nautilus it will mount the device, cool. > > > > > > My question is ... > > > How do I make it to umount the device after so many seconds of idle > > > time? > > > > > > I've looked at the auto.master, auto.misc, auto.net and non of them seem > > > to be providing the automagic mount point!. So where/what is the config > > > file for this? > > > > $ cat /etc/auto.master > > # $Id: auto.master,v 1.2 1997/10/06 21:52:03 hpa Exp $ > > # Sample auto.master file > > # Format of this file: > > # mountpoint map options > > # For details of the format look at autofs(8). > > # /misc /etc/auto.misc --timeout=60 > Thanks for the reply Chris, > > But if you look at that file, you will see that there is no info on where > the current auto mapping is being done. Everything seems commented out, > in auto.master, auto.misc, auto.net. > > Any other info :-) That's because the service is not configured on my system. Uncomment the /misc line, then edit the auto.misc. The --timeout=60 is your unmount after 60 seconds of disuse. It also tells you to 'man 8 autofs' for more information. -- Chris Kloiber
