Automounting an SMB File System under certain conditions

Hi All,

I am running a RedHat Linux on a portable machine and I want to set up an
automatic mount point only when connected to a certain network.

For instance, when I am connected to my "home" network (192.168.119), I want
the Samba mount to automatically occur. Anywhere else, and I don't want the
mount attempt to be made.

I can set up the mount manually as root, but this is a clumsy solution. Any
ideas/suggestions?


Thanks in advance

Shawn.

Shawn B wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I am running a RedHat Linux on a portable machine and I want to set up an
> automatic mount point only when connected to a certain network.
>
> For instance, when I am connected to my "home" network (192.168.119), I want
> the Samba mount to automatically occur. Anywhere else, and I don't want the
> mount attempt to be made.
>
> I can set up the mount manually as root, but this is a clumsy solution. Any
> ideas/suggestions?
>
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Shawn.
>
>

Why not stick some script code into /etc/rc.local, something like
[disclaimer.. "not tested"]..


# Get first 3 octets of eth0's IP address
eth0ip = `ifconfig eth0 | perl -ne '
m/inet addr\d+\.\d+\.\d+)/ && print $1\n";
'`

# If this "home", then mount the samba drive
if [ "$eth0ip" = "192.168.119" ]; then
mount //server//drive /mountpoint
fi


Chris

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