https://jeltsch.org/en/tags/autofs/Recent content in Autofs on Michael’s DomainHugoen-usCopyright © 2002 - 2026 Michael Jeltsch.Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:18:18 +0300https://jeltsch.org/en/autofs_automount_auto_master_and_mounting_samba_shares/Mon, 21 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000https://jeltsch.org/en/autofs_automount_auto_master_and_mounting_samba_shares/<p>First I added a symbolic link to /etc/init.d/rc5.d/:<code>cd /etc/init.d/rc5.d sudo ln -s ../autofs S21autofs</code>Then I added to the /etc/auto.master the following line:<code>/media/automounts /etc/auto.smbmounts</code>Then I created the file auto.smbmounts with the following content:<code>michael_msbl.helsinki.fi -fstype=smbfs,username=michael,password=## ://paula/michael</code> Then I created the mountpoint:<code>sudo mkdir /media/automounts/michael_msbl.helsinki.fi</code>Then I activated the autofs daemon:<code>sudo /etc/init.d/autofs start</code>Now whenever one tries to access the directory /media/automounts/michael_msbl.helsinki.fi, the autofs daemon will mount the smb share automatically and unmount after a certain period of inactivity.</p>