Questions tagged [autofs]
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How to recover files deleted / removed by autofs?
I wanted to automatically mount a directory in my home directory, so I attempted to use autofs for this resulting in autofs removing everything in my home directory.
The setup was something like auto....
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what is proper way to share a ntfs data partition, nfs or samba
On linux desktop, a nfs server on home local network is already running. The same machine also has a secondary data ntfs partition as remnant of dual booting (which may happen again in the future).
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OverlayFS hangs when an underlying CIFS lowerdir has network issues
I have an example setup:
overlay /data/all overlay noauto,x-systemd.automount,lowerdir=/data/local:/data/remote 0 0
//myhomeserver/data /data/remote cifs iocharset=utf8,ro,credentials=/data/remote....
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AutoFs mount failing to reconnect after vpn bounces on macOS Big Sur
I have added back the /net -hosts -nobrowse,hidefromfinder,nosuid line that is commented out by default. I then have a symbolic link in my home directory pointing to /net/<ipAddress>/<...
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Same mountpoint for several external drives
I'd like to have 2 eSATA drives, which can be hot swapped, mounted at the same mountpoint. Only one of them will every be mounted at a time.
Since they may not be attached when the computer boots, ...
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Not able to write in NFS share with same user and group
I have a local server with shares for the local computers to backup stuff on.
The server has a backupuser(1002:1002).
The client has the user alex(1000:1000) who is also in the backupuser(1002) group ...
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autofs mounts in parent directory
For many years I have a problem with autofs, now. I thought there was a bug in the autofs version in my repository. Unfortunately, even after several system as well as distribution upgrades covering ...
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Mounting a Samba/CIFS Share on Linux "Correctly"
The problem is that I can't get files on the CIFS share to show correct permissions on the Linux client without forcing vers=1.0 in the mount options.
The server is a FreeNAS system running Samba 4.7....
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User causes automount to occur but gets 'permssion denied' for the directory/files
I've been fighting this for days and I'm lucky the windows don't open too wide ;-). I'm putting together a new infra and am trying to get NFS automounts running on Ubuntu working with with FreeIPA, ...
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How to force autofs cifs (samba) to use smb version >= 2.0
I'm using autofs mounting of a samba share from a Windows 10 (Creators edition).
Microsoft patched its OS to no longer accept smb version 1.0 sometimes in 2017.
SomeFolder -fstype=cifs,rw,username=...
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autofs cifs mount(s) hang / become momentarily unreachable
I use autofs on my Fedora 25 desktop in order to access some cifs mounts on my work network.
/etc/auto.master:
/home/user/work/mountpoint /etc/auto.custom --timeout=43200 --ghost
/etc/auto.custom:
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How to Identify automount mount path
I need to know all the mount points monitored by autofs/automount.
I came across "automount -m" to dumpmaps and "/etc/init.d/autofs status" in the older versions. But these commands doesn't work ...
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autofsldap mounts /home, but not /share
I am pulling my hair out trying to make a client PC mount a /share folder automatically via autofsldap.
Interestingly, mounting the /home directories works perfectly.
The syslog contains no attempts ...
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Is autofs designed to automatically dismount nfs after user leave directory?
I have autofs configured to automatically mount a directory using nfs on Ubuntu 14.04. After the user has left the directory (or exited the shell entirely); I would like that directory to dismount.
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Automount using AutoFS and AFP permission issue
I have a FreeNAS server of which I'd like to mount volumes on my Mac.
I'm using afp and mounting via Autofs following this tutorial. The folder / mountpoints on which I mount the drives are located ...
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Autofs 770 mount point permission
In /etc/auto.sshfs I write this:
-fstype=fuse,uid=worker,gid=workers,rw,allow_other [etc other options]
Then it correctly sets the mount point permissions to worker:workers when it mounts ...
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RequiresMountsFor not working on Debian 8
I am trying to set up a systemd service on Debian 8 to run a program from the network on startup but it does not work - the service starts before mounting NFS disks have completed. I have the ...
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Strange transport layer port number during nfs conversation
I use autofs to mount nfs shares, autofses part works well, I can reach the leaf folders, but when I try to access that folder the following packet exchange takes place and my shell stacks, it drops [...
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autofs NFS mount directory hung
I have a problem when executing "df -h" command it hungs, I know since there is a unreachable/not responding NFS path this is causing the hung. All my scripts dependent of df -h is also piling up ...
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Swap [autofs] configuration files according network
I would like to setup a laptop on Linux to use two different autofs config according to the network it is plugged. I have the two working autofs files (see below) and I would like to swap ...
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trouble using autofs with ntfs-3g
I try to mount a ntfs disk with a autofs rule.
here is the slave file:
# cat /etc/autofs/auto.windows
# automount second disk which contains windows data
/windows -fstype=ntfs-3g,uid=n0t,gid=...
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I can't seem to comprehend autofs
I have a NFS server on which I export the following:
/exports/netapps *.*.*.*/16(ro,async,root_squash,no_subtree_check)
This folder has a bunch of sub folders which should all be visible on the ...
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Mac: Can't convert to real path: Input/output error
I am trying to automatically mount a NFS share on Mavericks. I have the /etc/auto_master and the /etc/auto.myserver files configured as I have on other Macs. I also have the symlinks in the root. ...
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How to mount nfs share using autofs
I shared /data directory using nfs
This is the content of /etc/exports
/data *(rw,sync)
I started these two services
service rpcbind restart
service nfs restart
This is my firewall ...
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mount.nfs: rpc.statd is not running but is required for remote locking
I am trying to mount a disk from a remote computer but I get this error:
root@sidibalkan:~# mount -t nfs rat:/develop /mnt
mount.nfs: rpc.statd is not running but is required for remote locking.
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How can I make autofs mount an NFS volume served from localhost?
I have a pair of web servers running GlusterFS 3.3.0 providing a single replicated volume. Clients connect via NFS, and the web servers are also clients. Gluster gets very unhappy if the files it ...
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Running sshfs as user via autofs
My situation:
There are several servers on my LAN which I do not administer
I access them using SSH for sshfs, shells, and remote X11 apps
I have set ControlMaster auto in my ~/.ssh/config file so I ...
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Why autofs can't mount my usbstick?
I've installed autofs package, and I know /etc/auto.master and /etc/auto.misc .
I set only one monitored path in /etc/auto.master:
/root/media /etc/auto.misc
Then I set usb sub-directory setting in /...
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autofs fails to mount a remote drive using sshfs - fuse
I am currently developping an application for the purpose of which I need to retrieve some files from a remote location, that I can only access through ssh. Since I need to automount that repo, I ...
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How do I configure fuse-hdfs with autofs?
I am trying to setup autofs so it will automatically mount hdfs. From /etc/fstab if I have:
/fs1/fuse_dfs.wrapper.sh#dfs://namenode:9000 /hdfs fuse
this works.
Now I am trying to setup /etc/auto....
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Why auto mounting sshfs using autofs fails?
I'm desperetely trying to auto mount my distant folder using autofs & sshfs, but I can't make it work. (I'm under Fedora 16)
This works :
sshfs [email protected]:/my/data /home/cx42net/...
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OS X Server - setting up a share for network home directories + fast user switching
I'm nearly finished setting up my Open Directory master to allow users to be managed centrally and logged in on any of the client machines at home.
I found discussion suggesting that using an AFP ...
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OS X: How to avoid having to re-connect to network share after NAS was turned off?
I use Mac OS 10.6 to connect to a NAS drive using the afp protocol (Finder -> Go -> Connect To Server). I have set up the NAS to automatically power off during the day, and power on in the evening. ...
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failed to mount cifs via autofs
I try to tune mounting and give next error in /var/log/messages:
Nov 10 10:37:00 cvv automount[3038]: attempting to mount entry /mnt/cifs/acad
Nov 10 10:37:01 cvv automount[3333]: >> Usage: ...
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Autofs hang processas
I use CentOS 5.5 with Xen.
I created RedHat 5.3 DomU and exported some directories through nfs.
In clien side (Dom0) I configured autofs for automatically mounting server's directories.
Server side (...
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Ubuntu Automount by Label?
Ubuntu Server 9.10
I know that using the mount command, you can use -L to mount by label like so:
mount -L thelabel /media/themount
Is there any similar way to setup Automount / Autofs to mount by ...
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