on 10/05/2005 12:48 PM Mike McGrath wrote: > > Automount and what goes in fstab are two separate entities. Automounted > file systems are controlled by the automount daemon (service autofs) > And are typically controlled by the file /etc/auto.master (do an ls > /etc/auto.*) Automount is typically used for remote file shares (like > network shares). Whereas fstab is used for local partitions. What > command are you running to mount /mnt/dwin and who are you running that > command as? sorry for confusing you Mike. What I really meant was mounting bu auto parameter from fstab. But you have shown me a direction where to look for the source of error "failed to mount /net/.directory". I didnt know about /etc/auto/mster before. -- regards, Oleksandr Korneta