Automout in runlevel 3 <> automount in runlevel 5 ?

[phe]

Hello,

This thread is the next step in thread :

http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showpo...4&postcount=27

What happens ?

When I start Fedora 9 in runlevel 3 I do not get any harddisk partitions "autmounted"/

When I start afterwards X (going to runlevel 5) I get a lot harddiskpartitions "automounted" to /media/ *

I do not find any entry for it. Not even in /etc/auto.master

Can someone explain me why/how this happens ?

And how can I prevent this from happing? (so that the harddiskpartitions are not more "automounted" on start of X)

What I seen in runlevel 3 :

cat /etc/fstab
==============
UUID=e73e09bb-d6f8-4124-b076-90f50dc5448c /                       ext3    defaults        1 1
tmpfs                   /dev/shm                tmpfs   defaults        0 0
devpts                  /dev/pts                devpts  gid=5,mode=620  0 0
sysfs                   /sys                    sysfs   defaults        0 0
proc                    /proc                   proc    defaults        0 0
UUID=c1b409be-5220-462a-a13a-7b2bf6f85ff6 swap                    swap    defaults        0 0


cat /etc/mtab
=============
/dev/sda11 / ext3 rw 0 0
proc /proc proc rw 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs rw 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,gid=5,mode=620 0 0
tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs rw 0 0
none /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc binfmt_misc rw 0 0
sunrpc /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs rpc_pipefs rw 0 0
fusectl /sys/fs/fuse/connections fusectl rw 0 0


df -h
=====
Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda11            9.7G  5.8G  3.4G  64% /
tmpfs                 506M     0  506M   0% /dev/shm


cat /etc/auto.master
====================
#
# Sample auto.master file
# This is an automounter map and it has the following format
# key [ -mount-options-separated-by-comma ] location
# For details of the format look at autofs(5).
#
/misc	/etc/auto.misc
#
# NOTE: mounts done from a hosts map will be mounted with the
#	"nosuid" and "nodev" options unless the "suid" and "dev"
#	options are explicitly given.
#
/net	-hosts
#
# Include central master map if it can be found using
# nsswitch sources.
#
# Note that if there are entries for /net or /misc (as
# above) in the included master map any keys that are the
# same will not be seen as the first read key seen takes
# precedence.
#
+auto.master


cat /etc/auto.misc
==================
#
# This is an automounter map and it has the following format
# key [ -mount-options-separated-by-comma ] location
# Details may be found in the autofs(5) manpage

cd		-fstype=iso9660,ro,nosuid,nodev	:/dev/cdrom

# the following entries are samples to pique your imagination
#linux		-ro,soft,intr		ftp.example.org:/pub/linux
#boot		-fstype=ext2		:/dev/hda1
#floppy		-fstype=auto		:/dev/fd0
#floppy		-fstype=ext2		:/dev/fd0
#e2floppy	-fstype=ext2		:/dev/fd0
#jaz		-fstype=ext2		:/dev/sdc1
#removable	-fstype=ext2		:/dev/hdd


ls -la /media
=============
total 12
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 4096 2008-10-20 18:16 .
drwxr-xr-x 24 root root 4096 2008-10-20 18:16 ..
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    0 2008-10-20 18:16 .hal-mtab


ls -la /etc/auto*
=================
-rw------- 1 root root 2726 2008-05-23 05:23 /etc/autofs_ldap_auth.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  658 2008-05-23 05:23 /etc/auto.master
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  524 2008-05-23 05:23 /etc/auto.misc
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1237 2008-05-23 05:23 /etc/auto.net
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  660 2008-05-23 05:23 /etc/auto.smb


/sbin/chkconfig --list | grep auto
==================================
autofs         	0:off	1:off	2:off	3:on	4:on	5:on	6:off

What I get in X :

[phe@f9 ~]$ cat /etc/fstab 
UUID=e73e09bb-d6f8-4124-b076-90f50dc5448c /                       ext3    defaults        1 1
tmpfs                   /dev/shm                tmpfs   defaults        0 0
devpts                  /dev/pts                devpts  gid=5,mode=620  0 0
sysfs                   /sys                    sysfs   defaults        0 0
proc                    /proc                   proc    defaults        0 0
UUID=c1b409be-5220-462a-a13a-7b2bf6f85ff6 swap                    swap    defaults        0 0

[phe@f9 ~]$ cat /etc/mtab 
/dev/sda11 / ext3 rw 0 0
proc /proc proc rw 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs rw 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,gid=5,mode=620 0 0
tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs rw 0 0
none /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc binfmt_misc rw 0 0
sunrpc /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs rpc_pipefs rw 0 0
fusectl /sys/fs/fuse/connections fusectl rw 0 0
gvfs-fuse-daemon /home/phe/.gvfs fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon rw,nosuid,nodev,user=phe 0 0
/dev/sda10 /media/_var ext3 rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=hal 0 0
/dev/sda7 /media/_tmp ext3 rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=hal 0 0
/dev/sda6 /media/_usr ext3 rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=hal 0 0
/dev/sda1 /media/disk vfat rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=hal,shortname=lower,uid=500 0 0
/dev/sda5 /media/_home ext3 rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=hal 0 0
/dev/sda9 /media/_boot ext3 rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=hal 0 0

[phe@f9 ~]$ df -h
Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda11            9.7G  5.8G  3.4G  64% /
tmpfs                 506M   88K  506M   1% /dev/shm
gvfs-fuse-daemon      9.7G  5.8G  3.4G  64% /home/phe/.gvfs
/dev/sda10            927M   78M  802M   9% /media/_var
/dev/sda7             2.9G   69M  2.7G   3% /media/_tmp
/dev/sda6             3.9G   72M  3.6G   2% /media/_usr
/dev/sda1             481M  227M  254M  48% /media/disk
/dev/sda5             5.8G  242M  5.3G   5% /media/_home
/dev/sda9             160M  5.6M  146M   4% /media/_boot

[phe@f9 ~]$ cat /etc/auto.master 
#
# Sample auto.master file
# This is an automounter map and it has the following format
# key [ -mount-options-separated-by-comma ] location
# For details of the format look at autofs(5).
#
/misc	/etc/auto.misc
#
# NOTE: mounts done from a hosts map will be mounted with the
#	"nosuid" and "nodev" options unless the "suid" and "dev"
#	options are explicitly given.
#
/net	-hosts
#
# Include central master map if it can be found using
# nsswitch sources.
#
# Note that if there are entries for /net or /misc (as
# above) in the included master map any keys that are the
# same will not be seen as the first read key seen takes
# precedence.
#
+auto.master

[phe@f9 ~]$ cat /etc/auto.misc 
#
# This is an automounter map and it has the following format
# key [ -mount-options-separated-by-comma ] location
# Details may be found in the autofs(5) manpage

cd		-fstype=iso9660,ro,nosuid,nodev	:/dev/cdrom

# the following entries are samples to pique your imagination
#linux		-ro,soft,intr		ftp.example.org:/pub/linux
#boot		-fstype=ext2		:/dev/hda1
#floppy		-fstype=auto		:/dev/fd0
#floppy		-fstype=ext2		:/dev/fd0
#e2floppy	-fstype=ext2		:/dev/fd0
#jaz		-fstype=ext2		:/dev/sdc1
#removable	-fstype=ext2		:/dev/hdd

[phe@f9 ~]$ ls -la /media/
total 66
drwxr-xr-x  8 root root  4096 2008-10-20 18:32 .
drwxr-xr-x 24 root root  4096 2008-10-20 18:16 ..
drwxr-xr-x  3 root root  1024 2008-10-04 21:57 _boot
drwxr-xr-x  3 phe  root 16384 1970-01-01 01:00 disk
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   375 2008-10-20 18:32 .hal-mtab
-rw-------  1 root root     0 2008-10-20 18:32 .hal-mtab-lock
drwxr-xr-x  3 root root  4096 2008-10-04 21:58 _home
drwxr-xr-x  3 root root  4096 2008-10-04 21:57 _tmp
drwxr-xr-x  3 root root  4096 2008-10-04 21:57 _usr
drwxr-xr-x  6 root root  4096 2008-10-04 22:41 _var

[phe@f9 ~]$ ls -la /media/disk/
total 172
drwxr-xr-x  3 phe  root 16384 1970-01-01 01:00 .
drwxr-xr-x  8 root root  4096 2008-10-20 18:32 ..
-rwxr-xr-x  1 phe  root   853 2008-10-04 14:13 autoexec.bat
-rwxr-xr-x  1 phe  root 66945 2006-08-28 21:40 command.com
-rwxr-xr-x  1 phe  root     0 2008-10-04 14:16 cwsdpmi.swp
-rwxr-xr-x  1 phe  root   946 2008-10-04 14:12 fdconfig.sys
drwxr-xr-x 29 phe  root  8192 2008-10-04 14:07 fdos
-rwxr-xr-x  1 phe  root 45341 2006-08-18 04:58 kernel.sys
-rwxr-xr-x  1 phe  root   216 2008-10-04 14:13 nic.txt
-rwxr-xr-x  1 phe  root     0 2008-10-04 14:16 usbdos.zip

[phe@f9 ~]$ /sbin/chkconfig --list | grep auto
autofs         	0:off	1:off	2:off	3:on	4:on	5:on	6:off
[phe@f9 ~]$

[phe]

Nobody any idea ? ? ?

[stoat]

Originally Posted by phe

Nobody any idea ? ? ?

Hello phe,

I think it's your desktop environment mounting those partitions. It's possible to create a preferences.fdi file for the HAL to ignore partitions and prevent the DE from mounting them. I learned how in another thread here (see the last few posts). But I'm not really sure that is the appropriate answer for this particular situation.

P.S.: Another thing that occurred to me is this. Do you notice any difference between logging in as root and as a user?

P.P.S.: I think replies tapered off in your last two posts about this matter because your situation seems so screwed up. Sorry.

[phe]

Originally Posted by stoat

Hello phe,

I think it's your desktop environment mounting those partitions after taking hints from the HAL. It's possible to create a preferences.fdi file for HAL to ignore partitions. I learned how in another thread here (see the last few posts).

P.S.: I think replies tapered off in your last two posts about this matter because your situation seems so screwed up. Sorry.

Hello Stoat,

Thanks,


In the thread I saw This method is depreciated (I believe) but it may work...


So I would like to find an other solution.
Maybe something in xconfig ?

[stoat]

In Fedora 8, I use a preferences.fdi file like the one in that thread to prevent two external drives from being mounted and their icons from appearing on the desktop. It does work. However, you should do what you want, of course.

You didn't comment on root vs. user. You know, when I log in as user, Gnome mounts the partitions in my fstab where the fstab specifies and places their icons on the desktop. However, when I log in as root, the root Desktop has icons for all of my partitions. The ones in the fstab are mounted where the fstab specifies. The ones not mentioned in the fstab are mounted in /media. It sounds a lot like what you are describing. So if this is occurring when you log in as root, then it sounds normal to me.

[phe]

Originally Posted by stoat

You didn't comment on root vs. user.

Have a look at my "codes" on my first message.

All actions I have done ware done as USER. (not root ! ! )