[Samba] automounting a usb-harddrive/cdrom that can be mapped from the login script.

[Erik Holst Trans]

Hi,

I am installing a Samba 3.0.1 on RH90 for a little school, and they want 
to have access to a mobile usb-harddrive.
The harddrive shoud be mapped via the login script, and here is were my 
troubles begin....

I have been experimenting with the autofs service, which works great if 
the harddrive is present at login time.
If one login at a time where the harddrive isn't present the login 
script fails and the drive mapping isn't made.
Yes i know why... at login time the autofs generated directory doesn,t 
exist.

Then i made a directory (which get mapped) where autofs will generate a 
sub-directory for the connected device.
Now the problem is that autofs is not mounting the harddrive until a 
request is made to the non-existent directory (defined in the autofs 
conf. files).

Hopefully you get the picture. ;-)


Any one who have something like this working, or some hints.
I guess one would have the same problems when using the servers cdrom drive.



Best regards
Erik Holst Trans