Hi, I have this config of autofs:

# auto.master

/var/autofs/removable /etc/auto.removable --timeout=2
/var/autofs/nfs /etc/auto.misc --timeout=60

# auto.removable

# devices
cdrom -fstype=iso9660,ro,sync,nodev,nosuid
:/dev/cdrom
floppy -fstype=auto,sync,nodev,nosuid
:/dev/fd0

# usb pen
usbdrive -fstype=vfat,rw,gid=100,umask=002
:/dev/sda1

# card readers
cfdrive -fstype=vfat,rw,gid=100,umask=002
:/dev/sda1
msdrive -fstype=vfat,rw,gid=100,umask=002
:/dev/sdb1
sddrive -fstype=vfat,rw,gid=100,umask=002
:/dev/sdc1
smdrive -fstype=vfat,rw,gid=100,umask=002
:/dev/sdd1


But whenever I try to access the dirs I get this on /var/log/syslog:

# /var/log/syslog


Jan 27 12:53:51 debian automount[9543]: lookup(program): lookup for
usbdrive failed
Jan 27 12:53:51 debian automount[9543]: failed to mount
/var/autofs/removable/usbdrive
Jan 27 12:53:51 debian automount[9545]: lookup(program): lookup for
usbdrive failed
Jan 27 12:53:51 debian automount[9545]: failed to mount
/var/autofs/removable/usbdrive
Jan 27 12:53:51 debian automount[9547]: lookup(program): lookup for
usbdrive failed
Jan 27 12:53:51 debian automount[9547]: failed to mount
/var/autofs/removable/usbdrive


I can mount the nfs drives but none of the usb.

How can I do this?

The sda* are taken from dmesg

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Bruno Cochofel wrote:
> Hi, I have this config of autofs:
>
> # auto.master
>
> /var/autofs/removable /etc/auto.removable --timeout=2
> /var/autofs/nfs /etc/auto.misc --timeout=60
>
>
> # auto.removable
>
> # devices
> cdrom -fstype=iso9660,ro,sync,nodev,nosuid :/dev/cdrom
> floppy -fstype=auto,sync,nodev,nosuid :/dev/fd0
>
>
> # usb pen
> usbdrive -fstype=vfat,rw,gid=100,umask=002 :/dev/sda1
>
> # card readers
> cfdrive -fstype=vfat,rw,gid=100,umask=002 :/dev/sda1
> msdrive -fstype=vfat,rw,gid=100,umask=002 :/dev/sdb1
>
> sddrive -fstype=vfat,rw,gid=100,umask=002 :/dev/sdc1
> smdrive -fstype=vfat,rw,gid=100,umask=002 :/dev/sdd1
>
>
> But whenever I try to access the dirs I get this on /var/log/syslog:
>
> # /var/log/syslog
>
>
> Jan 27 12:53:51 debian automount[9543]: lookup(program): lookup for usbdrive failed
> Jan 27 12:53:51 debian automount[9543]: failed to mount /var/autofs/removable/usbdrive
>
> Jan 27 12:53:51 debian automount[9545]: lookup(program): lookup for usbdrive failed
> Jan 27 12:53:51 debian automount[9545]: failed to mount /var/autofs/removable/usbdrive
> Jan 27 12:53:51 debian automount[9547]: lookup(program): lookup for usbdrive failed
>
> Jan 27 12:53:51 debian automount[9547]: failed to mount /var/autofs/removable/usbdrive
>
>
> I can mount the nfs drives but none of the usb.
>
> How can I do this?
>
> The sda* are taken from dmesg
>
> --
> Cumprimentos,
> Bruno Cochofel,
> tlm: +351 912055880
> ICQ: 309147167
> MSN: bruno.cochofel@gmail.com <mailto:bruno.cochofel@gmail.com>
> Skype: bcochofel

Two things I can think of to check, that caused me headaches:

1. It seems autofs is very picky about the type of white space used to
separate the fields. It wants tabs, not spaces.

2. The USB drives may actually be ending up somewhere else. That is to
say, maybe you got sdb the first time, when you checked with dmsg, but
got sda or sdc the next time you plugged the USB device, because there
was something else found before it. I solved this by setting up to use
label based mounting.

Add a unique label to your USB drive file system (mlabel, e2label, ...),
for example USBDRV. Set up auto.removable to look like this:

usbdrive -fstype=vfat,rw,gid=100,umask=002 :/dev/disk/by-label/USBDRV

The label, USBDRV is a link to the actual device node, as assigned by
the system.

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Bob McGowan