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How Do I use autofs to map a USB drive by its ID?
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I have a USB drive -- let's say the drive's ID is /dev/disk/by-id/thediskid
I would like to mount the drive -- by ID -- to a folder (let's call it /MOUNT_FOLDER)
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No access to symlink folder on NTFS partition
I am using an NTFS parition for storing data I like to access both from Ubuntu and Windows 7. On my Ubuntu HOME partition, I like to link the folder Assets in order to access it from an application ...
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Is autofs the only open-source choice for mounting nfs and/or cifs
I've been using autofs for a number of years and was wondering if there is an alternative to autofs that would handle cifs/smb shares in a more interactive way?
When I say more interactive I'm mostly ...
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unionfs filesystem
I recently learned about unionfs and aufs and would like to put it to some real use. The scenario I have in mind is the following. Boot a machine with ubuntu on it which will serve as our base. Make ...
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How to Disable AutoMount of External Drives
Is it possible to Disable auto mount of External Harddrives or USB's in RHEL.
For security reasons I have to disable this feature.
And when I need it I will enable it back.
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Howto configure autofs to work with usbsticks formatted with differend filesystems
I have some USB-sticks using fat32 as filesystem and others using ext4. Now I want to configure autofs to mount the sticks automatically.
To make sure that the user can write to fat32 sticks I use ...
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How can I determine how directories/filesystems have been mounted?
I have access to a VM which on a different network at work using NIS. (Debian by the way)
This VM has about 10 extra /directories in / when I log in. They do not exist on that VM alone, they are ...
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/etc/fstab is mounting rw filesystem as read-only
A partition of my internal hard drive (not the root partition) I want to mount automatically on boot. I've been using /etc/fstab to mount my external backup drive automatically read-only, so this is ...
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Automounting not working correctly for CIFS shares; weird results
I followed the guide on this page to get samba shares working via autofs:
http://www.howtoforge.com/accessing_windows_or_samba_shares_using_autofs
Servers and Configuration
My Samba server (remote) ...
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Seagate external hard disk creating problems
I've bought a new hard disk, a Seagate (Backup Plus), but I'm having problems with it.
Firstly, it doesn't mounts every time I plug it in. In such cases, I've got to restart the machine to work with ...
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AutoFS not working
I recently installed gentoo linux, and compiled kernel 3.6.11 (latest stable); my kernel includes autofsv4 (not as module)
I'm using GNOME 2.32
I emerged autofs, created /mnt folders, edited ...
