automount seems not to work

[Ted Kaczmarek]

On Sun, 2004-09-19 at 04:21, CB wrote:
> I'm trying to automount a USB/firewire drive.
> 
> My /etc/auto.master contains:
> 	/test   /etc/auto.test
> 
> And my /etc/auto.test contains:
> 	test1         -fstype=ext3    :/dev/sda1
> 
> >From my HOWTO reading, I assume automount should now create /test/test1,
> within which should be the contents of /dev/sda1. But when I plug in the
> HD, although ls / does show the /test directory, /test itself is empty.
> 
> Running /sbin/service autofs status gives me:
> 
> Configured Mount Points:
> ------------------------
> /usr/sbin/automount --timeout=60 /test file /etc/auto.test
>  
> Active Mount Points:
> --------------------
> /usr/sbin/automount --timeout=60 /test file /etc/auto.test
> 
> 
> I can mount /dev/sda1 manually (using mount -t ext3 etc) with no
> problems, but the automount doesn't seem to do anything.
> 
> Any suggestions?
Interesting, for kicks what happens if you add an entry to fstab with
the modules loaded and than do a mount -a ?

Ted


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