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[OCLUG-Tech] Automount (autofs)

Hi,

I set up my system to do backups including auto-mounting of my external USB 
hard drive. I followed these instructions https://workaround.org/rsnapshot-and-usb-drives/ 

everything worked fine until I unplugged my external hard drive.  Now it will 
no longer auto-mount.

My auto.usbdrive file has:
usbdrive -fstype=auto    UUID=234390d3-1b4c-4b03-8476-XXXXXXXXXXXX

My auto.master file has:
/var/autofs/removable /etc/auto.usbdrive –timeout=2,sync,nodev,nosuid

When I look at /var/log/messages I get:
Apr 20 19:24:38 bbox automount[8038]: �
Apr 20 19:24:38 bbox automount[8038]: �
Apr 20 19:24:38 bbox automount[8038]: �

Now remember  this did work.  I can mount this drive manually but that does 
not suit my purposes.

Can you add some insight or suggestions.


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Bruce