AutoFS

AutoFS uses the Linux kernel Automounter to automatically mount several types of media like memory sticks, network shares, CD-Rom/DVD/BR etc. on demand.

Kernel
You need to activate the following kernel options:

Software
Install :

Service
Start and add AutoFS to the default runlevel:

Files
The configuration files are located in:

Usage
General configuration files for AutoFS.

autofs configuration
The default options for autofs can be changed by setting the proper configuration variables located in /etc/conf.d/autofs; in the following example, the default location for the master map (/etc/auto.master) is changed by setting the MASTER_MAP_NAME configuration variable:

auto.master
In this configuration file is defined what other configuration files should be included as root mount-point. Here is one example with one additional mount-point on /mnt/auto

auto.misc
Here is our example for the file auto.misc. The folders for the mount-points are automatically created

External resources

 * tldp.org
 * Community Gentoo Wiki article