On Friday 08 September 2006 10:34, Sjoerd Mullender wrote: > On 2006-09-08 11:05, Anne Wilson wrote: > > Every day logwatch reports the following: > > > > --------------------- Automount Begin ------------------------ > > > > > > Failed mounts: > > .directory Program Lookup Failure 13 Time(s) > > net Mount Failure 13 Time(s) > > > > ---------------------- Automount End ------------------------- > > > > In October last year Claude Jones suggested that autofs could/should be > > turned off unless it is known to be used. He said that it would not > > affect mounting usb devices. He didn't say, however, whether it would > > affect the pop-up behaviour when a data disk is inserted into a CD/DVD > > drive. > > > > Question 1 - does it affect CD/DVD drives? > > No. > > > Question 2 - the man page makes it sound as though autofs is pretty > > essential, being used during bootup. Would shutting it off impact on > > this? > > Are you referring to the sentence: > "Usually autofs is invoked at system boot time with the start > parameter and at shutdown time with the stop parameter."? > That refers to the script in /etc/init.d and is true for any script > there that is enabled. It only means that the autofs system is enabled > automatically during boot, when so requested. > > autofs not essential for bootup. > > > Question 3 - what else do I need to know? > > Look in the file /etc/auto.master. If there are no uncommented lines, > you can disable autofs with impunity. Thanks for the clarification. There is one uncommented line: /net /etc/auto.net Probably that is what is causing the messages. However, can you explain to me what that line is doing? Thanks Anne
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