WipeOut wrote:
WipeOut wrote:
David G. Miller wrote:
WipeOut <wipe_out@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I have a number mounts I need for network shares on my samba
server.. I would like the mount commands to run when I login..
Where is the best place for a "login script" type thing in a Linux
system?
I have read mention of using rc.local, .bashrc and .profile files
but haven't found anything conclusive as to what the "right" way to
do it is..
Any advice would be appreciated..
/etc/fstab for either things you want mounted automatically at boot
(use the "auto" option) or things you want to easily mount from the
command line (fully define the mount but use the "noauto" option).
Also, this is a system resource so every user sees the same definitions.
rc.local is a good place to put actual mount commands for things you
want mounted automatically at boot but don't want a problem with the
mount to hold up your boot process. My server uses RAID 1 for all
mount points critical for operation and these are automatically
mounted through fstab but I have a large non-RAID scratch area that I
define noauto in fstab and then mount with a mount command in
rc.local. Like /etc/fstab, this is a system resource so it acts the
same for everybody.
.profile (or .login for csh folks) is the place for stuff that is
user mountable and you want to have mounted when the user logs in.
.bashrc is sourced for each new shell but .profile is only sourced at
the initial login and you probably don't want to mount these each
time the user opens a new command shell. .profile is specific to
each user so you can customize which share(s) get mounted for a
particular user.
Cheers,
Dave
Thanks Dave.. I think what I am looking for then is probably .profile
to make it user specific but not run every time a shell is opened..
Ok after some playing I found that .profile doesn't seem to work..
I then tried automount but that proved to be irritating because I
couldn't get it working either..
So I used the only faithful.. /etc/fstab..
Now the question is..
When I used the "Places" menu to access network shares it created nice
shortcuts to that location on the desktop and in the "file browser"
windows in applications.. These same shortcuts were available in FC3
when mounting a share using /etc/fstab.. With FC5 when mounting with
/etc/fstab these shortcuts don't appear..
How can I get them to show up?
Thanks
Did you try ".bash_profile". This works if you're using bash as your
login shell.
Regards,
John
