Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2015 09:45:24 +0000 (UTC) From: Edward Tomasz Napierala <trasz@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r47846 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks Message-ID: <201512130945.tBD9jOwE081412@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: trasz (src,ports committer) Date: Sun Dec 13 09:45:24 2015 New Revision: 47846 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/47846 Log: Describe how to use removable media with autofs(5). Reviewed by: emaste@, wblock@ Approved by: gjb@ MFC after: 1 month Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D3980 Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.xml Sat Dec 12 14:04:04 2015 (r47845) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.xml Sun Dec 13 09:45:24 2015 (r47846) @@ -508,6 +508,68 @@ da0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 scbus4 target 0 da0: <STECH Simple Drive 1.04> s/n WD-WXE508CAN263 detached (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Periph destroyed</screen> </sect2> + + <sect2> + <title>Automounting Removable Media</title> + + <note> + <para>&man.autofs.5; supports automatic mounting of + removable media starting with &os; 10.2-RELEASE.</para> + </note> + + <para><acronym>USB</acronym> devices can be automatically + mounted by uncommenting this line in + <filename>/etc/auto_master</filename>:</para> + + <screen>/media -media -nosuid</screen> + + <para>Then add these lines to + <filename>/etc/devd.conf</filename>:</para> + + <screen>notify 100 { + match "system" "GEOM"; + match "subsystem" "DEV"; + action "/usr/sbin/automount -c"; +}; +</screen> + + <para>Reload the configuration if &man.autofs.5; + and &man.devd.8; are already running:</para> + + <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>service automount reload</userinput> +&prompt.root; <userinput>service devd restart</userinput></screen> + + <para>&man.autofs.5; can be set to start at boot by adding this + line to <filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename>:</para> + + <programlisting>autofs_enable="YES"</programlisting> + + <para>&man.autofs.5; requires &man.devd.8; to be enabled, as it + is by default.</para> + + <para>Start the services immediately with:</para> + + <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>service automount start</userinput> +&prompt.root; <userinput>service automountd start</userinput> +&prompt.root; <userinput>service autounmountd start</userinput> +&prompt.root; <userinput>service devd start</userinput></screen> + + <para>Each file system that can be automatically mounted appears + as a directory in <filename>/media/</filename>. The directory + is named after the file system label. If the label is + missing, the directory is named after the device node.</para> + + <para>The file system is transparently mounted on the first + access, and unmounted after a period of inactivity. + Automounted drives can also be unmounted manually:</para> + + <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>automount -fu</userinput></screen> + + <para>This mechanism is typically used for memory cards and + <acronym>USB</acronym> memory sticks. It can be used with + any block device, including optical drives or + <acronym>iSCSI</acronym> <acronym>LUN</acronym>s.</para> + </sect2> </sect1> <sect1 xml:id="creating-cds">
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