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'''autofs''', also called '''automounter''' or '''automount''', allows you to connect storage media like a [[USB]] disk and have it mounted automatically. For example, if you have two USB disks, and you want to have one mounted as usb-120gb and the other as usb-80gb as soon as you plug them in, this is possible with autofs.
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= QuickStart =
 
This example assumes you want to plug in a [[USB]] [[disk]] and have it mounted on /misc/usb.
 
 
 
* [[install autofs]]
 
 
 
* Find out your USB disk's UUID:
 
[[hwinfo]] --block
 
[...]
 
  Device Files: /dev/sdc1, /dev/disk/by-id/usb-Myson_Century,_Inc._USB_Mass_Stor
 
age_Device_100-part1, /dev/disk/by-path/pci-0000:00:1d.7-usb-0:3:1.0-scsi-0:0:0:
 
0-part1, /dev/disk/by-uuid/'''''84ff6790-9b69-4401-9ba2-43d044af1d30''''', /dev/disk/by-la
 
bel/DATALUX
 
 
 
== Configure autofs ==
 
Have a file /etc/auto.master like this:
 
/misc  /etc/auto.misc --timeout=60 --ghost
 
 
 
This will create all mount points beneath /misc. The mount points will appear even if they are not active ("ghosts").
 
 
 
Create a file /etc/auto.misc like this:
 
usb      -fstype=auto            UUID="''84ff6790-9b69-4401-9ba2-43d044af1d30''"
 
 
 
== Start autofs ==
 
/etc/init.d/autofs start
 
 
 
Now you can find your USB disk automatically mounted to /misc/usb.
 
 
 
== Make it persistant ==
 
Now, as soon as you plug in your [[USB]] disk you will find its content under /misc/usb. If you want this setting to be persistent after [[booting]], run the [[command]]:
 
[[chkconfig]] autofs on
 
 
 
= TroubleShooting =
 
* You can find log entries from automounter NOT in [[dmesg]] but in /var/log/messages.
 
* If your [[device]] is already mounted, automount may not mount it again. This means you will also have to stop other automounters like gnome-volume-manager.
 
 
 
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