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.
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