Autofs (auto mount partition)

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We are install this service for automatically mount the partition.

1)To create a partition.
#fdisk /dev/sda
#partprobe /dev/sda

2)To format the partition.
#mkfs.ext3 /dev/sda9

3)To create a nested directory.
#mkdir -p /vikas/lax

4)To open the master file.
#vim /etc/auto.master
/vikas        /etc/auto.misc

5)To open the misc file.
#vim /etc/auto.misc
lax             -fstype=ext3            :/dev/sda9

6)To restart the service.
#service autofs restart

7)To check.
#cd /vikas/lax

or

[root@localhost lax]#
#mount
/dev/sda9 on /vikas/lax type ext3 (rw)

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By Laxman D. Kadam

Ph. No. 9967413230

email:-vikasjk3@gmail.com