Stefano,

It's not actually a service--it's a kernel thang.

Miark



On Wed, 18 Dec 2002 21:04:09 +0100
Stefano Pogliani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Thanks a lot, Miark.
> 
> Last one: which is the service associated to "supermount" ?
> 
> /stefano
> 
> Miark wrote:
> 
> >Stefano,
> >
> >  
> >
> >>Miark, your suggestion works, THANKS a lot.
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >Great to hear it.
> >
> >  
> >
> >>Sorry for asking this further question. I thought that "autofs" was 
> >>useful for mounting ANY filesystem, including read-only NTFS and 
> >>CD-ROMs. 
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >I suppose it is--many people on this list run it. But when you're 
> >running Supermount in addition to AutoFS, there's a conflict of 
> >interest, so to speak. Some people didn't get Supermount working
> >to their satisfaction, so they stopped running that in favor of
> >AutoFS. I was the opposite: Supermount works perfectly for me, so
> >I killed AutoFS instead. I figured it would be the same for you.
> >
> >  
> >
> >>Now, I removed autofs, it properly shuts down and I STILL 
> >>(fortunately) can read my NTFS filesystems and my CDROM.
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >When you installed Mandrake, it made /etc/fstab entries for all
> >that stuff. That's why you didn't experience any problems when
> >you killed AutoFS.  
> >
> >  
> >
> >>So, my question is: is autofs used ONLY for NTFS.
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >No, not to my knowledge. But then again, I'm not really sure
> >since I'm a Supermount kinda guy.
> >
> >Miark
> >
> >  
> >
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> >
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> >
> 

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