[TriLUG] Re: autofs directory within a directory

[Lance A. Brown]

Tanner Lovelace wrote:
> On 9/12/06, Matt Bidwell <bidwell at dead-city.org> wrote:
> 
>> I've got what should be a very simple problem that I'm just not able to
>> fix.  I'm using autofs to mount a folder to the root file directory.
>> Instead what I'm getting is that folder inside of the same folder on
>> the root directory.  So instead of having /<folder1>/content I
>> get /<folder1>/<folder1>/content.  The /<folder1> is a regular
>> directory, meaning I did a mkdir which it is to my understanding is the
>> proper way.
>> Pertinent file info below, sanitized for your pleasure.
>> /etc/auto.master
>> /<folder1> /etc/auto.<folder1> --timeout=600 -g
>> /etc/auto.<folder1>
>> <folder1>                 <host>.local:/export2/<folder1>
> 
> 
> I think you have a small misunderstanding of how autofs
> works.  The behavior you are seeing is expected.  The
> directory in auto.master lists the directory under which to
> mount all the mount points for that particular auto.[whatever]
> file.  Then within auto.<folder1> you list the mount points,
> one to a line, and they then get mounted under the directory
> specified in auto.master.

If you really want the directory to be in root use a symlink in / to
point to where autofs is actually mounting it.

--[Lance]

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