minimal automounter config for linux

note: superceded by https://wibblement.blogspot.com/2023/07/autofs-mounting-local-filesystems-by.html

Install package autofs (debian).  Sadly, installing it also presumes to enable and start the service.

In /etc/auto.master:

/- auto.direct

rationale: The dash signifies a "direct" mount, meaning the one like you want, which transparently (if things are working) makes things appear at paths, rather than the other type, which visibly involves symlinks.

And then in /etc/auto.direct:

/wibble nfs-server.example.org:/srv/wibble

and so on.

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