On Wed, Sep 22, 1999 at 08:07:33PM +0200, Manuel Arenaz Silva wrote: > Right now, when I want to read the contents of a CD or a floppy I have > to mount the corresponding directory (/cdrom in my machine) manually. I > would like the system to configure the mount point automatically when I > try to read or write the contents of that directory.
> I have scanned the file /etc/inetd.conf and I have found the following > entry: > #mountd/1 dgram rpc/udp wait root /usr/sbin/tcpd > /usr/sbin/rpc.mountd <snip> > As in the case of "telnetd" I have looked for the package "mountd" in > the CDs of the distribution, but <<surprisingly>> there was not any > package with that name. Programs don't always appear a package of the same name. They may be part of a large collection of programs or perhaps are commonly know by a name other than the name of the binary (eg, the named program is provided in the bind package). > My questions are: > * What do I need? I believe amd can do this, and ISTR there is something out there called supermount. I've never done this myself, though. > * What about the daemon "mountd"? mountd is part of an NFS server, and doesn't do what you want. -- Mark Brown mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Trying to avoid grumpiness) http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~broonie/ EUFS http://www.eusa.ed.ac.uk/societies/filmsoc/
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