On Tue, 2007-10-30 at 17:14 +0300, Ronald Nsubuga wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hullo, > > I have a problem with automount using rcautofs which is generating an error > message > <snip> > Starting automount startproc: exit status of parent of /usr/sbin/automount: 3 > failed > </snip> > > So i googled and couldn't find a solution off the net BUT whe i edit the auto > mount files > > e.g /etc/auto.misc I see CDROM specified i opened up this for USB drives > *removable -fstype=ext2 :/dev/hdd* > /etc/auto.master i included the file /misc /etc/auto.misc > > And at this point when i run *rcautofs start* it returns positive results! > > <snip> > rltashk:~ # rcautofs start > Starting automount done > rltashk:~ # rcautofs status > Checking for service automount running > </snip> > > Am wondering how I can achieve a quick way of fixing this > > I will be grateful and thanks > > - -- > Best Regards > Ronald Nsubuga. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.4-svn0 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFHJzwwCf98HO/5vLsRAqJZAJ0bPB0CzuvLhggcHPaWK5LfS8JHVQCeLZFG > cXY+S7ASn+47FctvbP06mrE= > =d17V > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Could you tell me what rcautofs is? I use autofs all the time to mount my home directory without any problem.
Just out of curiosity did you uncomment in /etc/auto.master auto.misc? -- Joseph Loo [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
