[Samba] samba and automount

[Christopher Odenbach]

Hi,

> I'm running Samba with automount to automatically mount CDs in a
> server. These CDs need to be changed periodically, so I wanted to use
> automount so that they could be changed by the users fairly easily. 
> We use logon scripts to map the CDs to drive letters when users
> logon.  Unfortunately, it seems that having a drive mapped is treated
> like the drive is being used, so as long as there is someone logged
> into the system, automount will not unmount the drive.  The only way
> we can change the CDs is to have everyone log out, wait for the
> timeout (or unmount it manually), change the CDs and have everyone
> log back in.  Does anyone have a better way (one that will work)?

Don't use the automounter. Instead write a small shell (or perl) skript 
that mounts and unmounts the cds (and kills everything that would 
prevent you from unmounting). When it works, make it suid root.

Christopher