Questions tagged [automounting]
Automounting is the process where mounting and unmounting of certain filesystems is done automatically by a daemon.
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Headless disk-mount with user permissions
There is a headless machine, with Debian as its OS: $ cat /etc/issue Debian GNU/Linux 11 \n \l $ uname -a Linux mymachine 6.1.99 #33 SMP Tue Jan 21 11:32:39 CST 2025 aarch64 GNU/Linux What I wish to ...
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Linux auto-mounting USB with UDev
My task is to have a custom mount point and for the mount itself to happen automatically. that is, the device is connected, a folder with its name is created in some place (/mnt/usb/{name}) and the ...
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How to automount eCryptfs volume at boot (without login)?
We have two servers. Application sever A and NFS file server B. Server B is shared among multiple various applications and it's generic NFS storage host that we don't have access to and it's corporate ...
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systemd nfs mount/automount unit with changing network environments
I have set up on my laptop a systemd mount and automount unit to mount a NFS share on demand. Naturally, this works as long as I am in the same network as the NFS server. If I leave my home network, ...
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How can I force nemo to use pmount?
I am using fedora cinnamon and I need my PC to read DVDs. For some disks, the file manager can't mount them automatically. I know the problem isn't from the disks because I can read them by mount them ...
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What is the purpose +auto.master in /etc/auto.master?
I looked into the default /etc/auto.master and I saw the following. # # Include central master map if it can be found using # nsswitch sources. # # Note that if there are entries for /net or /misc (as ...
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how to prevent an unresponsive nfs server stalling boot without nowaitboot?
Issue: An nfs server is down and it takes your computer down with it! Specifically it blocks booting. A less drastic example is you take your laptop to your friends and then it can't boot because it's ...
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auto mount and decrypt LUKS2 partition on boot RHEL 8
when installing RHEL-8.10 from rhel-8.10-x86_64-dvd.iso in the partition scheme I choose encrypt my data. And for all the partitions I have checked as encrypt such as /home and /var and / and however ...