Hello,

Is there anyone here who managed to get it up and running to tell me what
I'm doing wrong?

I have support for autofs in the kernel and the autofs package installed.
There seems to be no /etc/rc.d/rc.autofs however, I managed to find a
rc.autofs script by David Cantrell but it dates back to 2000 and doesn't
seem to work.

I want to automount my sony digital camera and have setup the following

### Begin /etc/auto.master ###
/misc /etc/auto.misc
### End /etc/auto.master ###

### Begin /etc/auto.misc ###
sony -fstype=vfat,sync,nodev,suid :/dev/sda1
### End /etc/auto.misc ###

### Begin added to /etc/rc.d/rc.local ###
# Start autofs daemon (make rc.autofs chmod 755!!)
if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.autofs ]; then
. /etc/rc.d/rc.autofs start
fi
### End added to /etc/rc.d/rc.local ###

All I need is a working rc.autofs script.

The good thing is that mounting it by hand does work
root@darkstar:~# mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/sony
root@darkstart:#
and I have access to my camera.

Thank you.

Regards,

Johan V.

Johan wrote:
> All I need is a working rc.autofs script.

well, you posted everything except (a link to) the rc.autofs script that
you claim doesn't work. where can we find it, so we can take a look?

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comp.tools.unusable or something... ;-)

On Thu, 06 Nov 2003 11:04:44 +0000, Joost Kremers wrote:

> Johan wrote:
>> All I need is a working rc.autofs script.
>
> well, you posted everything except (a link to) the rc.autofs script that
> you claim doesn't work. where can we find it, so we can take a look?

I'm sorry, forgot to include it, I originally got it off google groups
(http://www.mail-archive.com/autofs@l.../msg02591.html)

### Begin /etc/rc.d/rc.autofs ###
#!/bin/sh
#
# rc.autofs - Starts the filesystem automounter
# Last modified 12-Dec-2000 by David Cantrell, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
#
#
# This function will build a list of automount commands to execute in
# order to activate all the mount points. It is used to figure out
# the difference of automount points in case of a reload
#
function getmounts()
{
# Check for local maps to be loaded
if [ -f /etc/auto.master ]
then
cat /etc/auto.master | sed -e '/^#/d' -e '/^$/d'| (
while read dir map options
do
if [ ! -z "$dir" -a ! -z "$map" \ -a xcho "$map" | cut -c1 !=
'x-' ]
then
map=cho "/etc/$map"|sed -e 's:^/etc//:/:'options=cho
"$options" | sed -e 's/\(^\|[ \t]\)-/\1/g'
if [ ! -d $dir ]
then
mkdir -p $dir
fi

if [ -x $map ]
then
echo "/usr/sbin/automount $dir program $map $options
$localoptions"
elif [ -f $map ]
then
echo "/usr/sbin/automount $dir file $map $options
$localoptions"
else
echo "/usr/sbin/automount $dir ^Basename $map $options
$localoptions"
fi
fi
done )
fi

# Check for NIS maps to be loaded
if [ -e /usr/bin/ypcat ] && [ -pcat -k auto.master 2>/dev/null |
wc -l -gt 0 ]
then
ypcat -k auto.master | (
while read dir map options
do
if [ ! -z "$dir" -a ! -z "$map" \
-a xcho "$map" | cut -c1 != 'x-' ]
then
map=cho "$map" | sed -e 's/^auto_/auto./'
if echo $options | grep -- '-t' >/dev/null 2>&1
then
mountoptions="--timeout $(echo $options | \sed
's/^.*-t\(imeout\)*[ \t]*\([0-9][0-9]*\).*$/\2/g')"
fi
options=echo "$options" | sed -e ' s/--*t\(imeout\)*[
\t]*[0-9][0-9]*//g s/\(^\|[ \t]\)-/\1/g'
if [ ! -d $dir ]
then
mkdir -p $dir
fi
echo "/usr/sbin/automount $dir yp $map $options
$localoptions"
fi
done )
fi
}
getmounts | sh
### End /etc/rc.d/rc.autofs ###

Johan wrote:
> On Thu, 06 Nov 2003 11:04:44 +0000, Joost Kremers wrote:
>
>> Johan wrote:
>>> All I need is a working rc.autofs script.
>>
>> well, you posted everything except (a link to) the rc.autofs script that
>> you claim doesn't work. where can we find it, so we can take a look?
>
> I'm sorry, forgot to include it, I originally got it off google groups
> (http://www.mail-archive.com/autofs@l.../msg02591.html)

ok, if you read the entire thread, you would see that the script is quite
broken, even the so-called "working" version that you copied. it wraps
lines that should not be wrapped, it breaks lines at the wrong place, and
it does not restore another problem of the original posting: the
replacement of the sequence `e with ^E.

one of the messages also contains this link:
<http://www.linux-consulting.com//AutoFS/>, where you'll find an rc.autofs
that will work with slackware. i use it myself (although i cut out the
debian and rh modules and the distro check, because, well, you know.

--
Joost Kremers
since when is vi an editor? a discussion on vi belongs in
comp.tools.unusable or something... ;-)

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On 2003-11-06, Johan <johanv@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>
> I want to automount my sony digital camera and have setup the following
>
> ### Begin /etc/auto.misc ###
> sony -fstype=vfat,sync,nodev,suid :/dev/sda1
> ### End /etc/auto.misc ###

If you'll only be using flat files, just call automount directly:

/usr/sbin/automount --timeout 60 /auto file /etc/auto.misc

Make sure /auto/ exists before you try this.

Also, that autofs script you got sucks; in typical RedHat style, it
makes something that should be easy into something way too complicated.
To be fair, I think it does help deal with LDAP automount maps, but
even that support is done pretty poorly and obscurely.

- --keith

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On 2003-11-06, Keith Keller <kkeller-usenet@wombat.san-francisco.ca.us> wrote:
>
> Also, that autofs script you got sucks;

Whoops--just read the script more carefully. It's b0rken, but it's not
a RH script, it seems. Sorry for the confusion. Still, unless you have
non-file maps I think it's easier just to call automount straight away
without an intermediate script.

- --keith

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