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.

Installation
To enable the kernel based automounter:

is available on Gentoo Linux and supports the following useflags:

You can install AutoFS using the following command:

Start and add AutoFS to the default runlevel:

The configuration files are located in: Configuration Files

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 wiki article