On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 12:37:19PM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > ah, thanks for reminding me how autofs works -- it's not the > plugging in, it's the *attempt* to access contents under that mount > point that automounts it. i'm embarrassed to have forgotten that.
Pretty normal. I tend to forget seemingly obvious features in software, even after short durations of not using those features! > so i tried to list the contents under the appropriate mount point > and, sure enough, there was a pause and the contents appeared. > mystery solved. i was clearly thinking of udev and was thinking that > the mounting would take place when the drive was plugged in, and i > kept checking the output of the "mount" command before i'd even tried > to access anything under the mount point. > > my fault. just being dense today. Glad to know it worked for you! :-) Kumar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
