Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 21:18:38 +0200 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Autofs howto Message-ID: <20090506191838.GA91210@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <7B3E8A7E95D544718E0AA242@utd65257.utdallas.edu> References: <7B3E8A7E95D544718E0AA242@utd65257.utdallas.edu>
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--bg08WKrSYDhXBjb5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, May 06, 2009 at 06:17:29PM +0000, Paul Schmehl wrote: > I'm going to take another stab at this. >=20 > I'm wondering if I can use autofs on FreeBSD.=20 There is a libautofs library and a mount_autofs program in my 7.2 source tree, but I'm not sure what it is, since it's not installed or built on my amd64 box. > Last time I asked the > question someone said I need amd, which I found rather cryptic. I > later discovered that there is a amd-utils in ports and an amd > directory in contrib under source. >=20 > So, is amd a kernel module? A separate program I compile?=20 It is a program that is part of the base system. See it's manual page; 'man amd' =46rom amd(8): The amd utility is a daemon that automatically mounts file systems whenever a file or directory within that file system is accessed. File systems are automatically unmounted when they appear to be quiescent. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --bg08WKrSYDhXBjb5 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkoB4o4ACgkQEnfvsMMhpyWCNQCgkafMiYmgsFcvs02F93x2KLKC 1tEAn2nBtKClJvz6gkzli6bmPZlCW/i3 =mszZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --bg08WKrSYDhXBjb5--
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