On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 2:00 PM, C Anthony Risinger <anthony@xxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 10:26 AM, Javier Vasquez <j.e.vasquez.v@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 7:02 AM, Hector Martinez-Seara <hseara@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> Hi, >>> The case is that we use usb external drives for storing data. It is >>> likely not the most efficient way but is very very cheap. And yes they >>> are plug 24/7. Anyway I will look for some post booting deamon that >>> cant take care of them. Any idea anyone where to look for? >>> Hector >> >> Autofs is what I use, you can use the UUIDs to mount specific >> partitions at your will... > > yeah systemd does all this for me now, but before that i used autofs > *alot* ... not only for this sort of thing but also FUSE stuff like > sshfs/etc. > > it works well, though the config syntax can get a bit daunting. you > can even use a multi-map to create more autofs mounts on the fly, and > ultimately have a whole tree of auto-cleaned mounts. > > ... eg: > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > /app/tree /port-scm/inst-sync -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \ > /port-scm/root-srv -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \ > /port-scm/root-sync -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \ > /port-scm/user-srv -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \ > /port-scm/user-sync -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \ > /virt-mnt/inst-bin -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \ > /virt-mnt/inst-dev -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \ > /virt-mnt/inst-etc -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \ > /virt-mnt/inst-lib -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \ > /virt-mnt/inst-run -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \ > /virt-mnt/inst-tmp -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \ > /virt-mnt/inst-usr-share -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \ > /virt-mnt/inst-var-cache -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \ > /virt-mnt/inst-var-lib -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \ > /virt-mnt/inst-var-log -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \ > /virt-mnt/inst-var-tmp -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \ > /virt-mnt/root-bin -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \ > /virt-mnt/root-dev -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \ > /virt-mnt/root-etc -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \ > /virt-mnt/root-lib -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \ > /virt-mnt/root-run -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \ > /virt-mnt/root-tmp -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \ > /virt-mnt/root-usr-share -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \ > /virt-mnt/root-var-cache -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \ > /virt-mnt/root-var-lib -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \ > /virt-mnt/root-var-log -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \ > /virt-mnt/root-var-tmp -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \ > /virt-mnt/user-bin -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \ > /virt-mnt/user-dev -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \ > /virt-mnt/user-etc -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \ > /virt-mnt/user-lib -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \ > /virt-mnt/user-run -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \ > /virt-mnt/user-tmp -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \ > /virt-mnt/user-usr-share -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \ > /virt-mnt/user-var-cache -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \ > /virt-mnt/user-var-lib -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \ > /virt-mnt/user-var-log -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \ > /virt-mnt/user-var-tmp -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \ > /virt-srv/core-misc -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \ > /virt-srv/node-misc -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \ > /virt-srv/user-misc -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \ > /virt-srv/util-misc -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ... i know thats a lot, but when someone accessed `/app/tree` for the > first time that whole entire hierarchy would be mounted under it. > autofs will auto-create/remove intermediate directories. other autofs > *would* have been defined (all the `:file:/none` stuff) but i ended up > moving to ayatemd exclusively because it %#$@-ing awesome and can do > much much *much* more, in a clean and straightforward way. > > ... so you could always try installing/using that too :-) ERATTA ... and by `ayatemd` i of course meant systemd :-) curse my resistance to actually type after 15 years of computer exposure! i can't stand keyboards ... this is the future: http://geekhack.org/showwiki.php?title=Island:10077 ... except wireless, lightweight, and maybe even non-physical via Kinect-like technology ;-) C Anthony
