[Gllug] Auto-Reconnecting Shares

[Pete Ryland]

On Thu, Dec 13, 2001 at 12:51:14PM -0000, Paul Brazier wrote:
> > Put the shares into fstab (You could also use the automount daemon)
> > 
> > //server/share /mnt/point smb username=me,password=sommet
> 
> To clarify, that's "/etc/fstab" (filesystem table) which lists
> filesystems and how to mount them.
> I think it will mount them all at boot except for removable media like
> cdroms or floppies?

The fourth column of /etc/fstab specifies mount options, one of which is
"noauto" which means don't mount on a "mount -a" i.e. on boot.

> In general, all configuration files are somewhere in the /etc directory.
> 
> "Services" are in /etc/rc.d/init.d/ (not sure of the rationale behind
> this naming)
> they are run at boot by "symlinking" (like shortcuts) to the /etc/rc3.d/
> directories
> where 3 is the "runlevel" (basically just different configurations like
> multiuser, console or windows etc.) Seems a bit complex at first but it
> kind of makes sense eventually.
> 
> IANALE (I am not a linux expert) so I'm sure someone will correct me if
> this is wrong.

Sounds good to me, although there are slight variations on this in each
distro (and with other SysV-based Unices for that matter).

Pete
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