Quoting Frank Trenkamp ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > Now I've never used automounting at all. What benefit does it confer > > when used with a fixed partition? (I can see the virtues with > > removable disks and remote machines like your NFS mount below.) > > In my opinion it's a question of comfort. It saves typing, as you can omit > su, sudo etc. and the actual mount command. Ok ok, it's for the real lazy > kind like me .. ;) > > On the other hand, if you wanted to remove, say, a floppy before autofs's > timeout, you do need to unmount it explicitly to ensure it syncs back. But > that's what mtools are good for. ;)
I guess one day the penny will drop, but it hasn't yet. (There's no typing involved with an entry in /etc/fstab.) Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.