On 2006-09-08 13:58, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Friday 08 September 2006 12:52, Sjoerd Mullender wrote: >> On 2006-09-08 13:26, Anne Wilson wrote: >>>> 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 >> That tells autofs to use the file /etc/auto.net when you try to access >> files under /net. Normally, auto.net makes the NFS-exported file >> systems from other hosts available. E.g., assuming foo.example.org is a >> host that exports / and /usr, then /net/foo.example.org is the / file >> system of foo.example.org and /net/foo.example.org/usr is the /usr file >> system of foo.example.org. >> >> If you disable autofs, then you won't be able to access those hosts >> through /net anymore (although you can still mount them explicitly). If >> you're not doing that anyway, then disabling autofs won't do any harm. > > Perfect, thanks. /net is empty, so it can't possibly be needed by this > system :-) Well, the thing is, it get filled automatically by accessing valid directories. That's what an automounter is for. But if you haven't set anything up (and nobody else in your environment has either), then you don't need autofs. -- Sjoerd Mullender
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