Disable automount at startup

[getyourkarthick]

I am using Fedora 10,when i boot my system my ntfs partition was mounted automatically and show in Desktop...Can anyone say how to Disable automount at startup or unmount it permanently...

[ellappan]

hi....

cheak the /etc/fstab entry........remove the entry for ntfs then save it... reboot...thanks.

[getyourkarthick]

This is my fstab file,i dont know which one to remove pls help me...


#
# /etc/fstab
# Created by anaconda on Wed Jun 10 20:26:21 2009
#
# Accessible filesystems, by reference, are maintained under '/dev/disk'
# See man pages fstab(5), findfs(, mount( and/or vol_id( for more info
#
/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 / ext3 defaults 1 1
UUID=2ad1da77-f70f-45cd-a2c3-1b36a3095fdb /boot ext3 defaults 1 2
tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs defaults 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01 swap swap defaults 0 0

[collo]

When you automount the drive it is not written ni /etc/fstab as ellappan suggested.
Am yet to check but I think the drive exist in mtab file.

I advice that you disable autofs as root in your current run level. the service autofs is what automount your drive when you log in.

Code:

# service autofs stop
# chkconfig autofs off

to disable automount in Gnome only, type to list current setting

$ gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/volume_manager

To diasable

$ gconftool-2 --direct --config-source xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory --type bool --set /desktop/gnome/volume_manager/automount_media false
$ gconftool-2 --direct --config-source xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory --type bool --set /desktop/gnome/volume_manager/automount_drives false

for more info read
$ man gconftool-2


All the Best

[getyourkarthick]

I have executed your command as root,but i get the following reply,

[root@karthick karthick]# service autofs stop
autofs: unrecognized service
[root@karthick karthick]# chkconfig autofs off
error reading information on service autofs: No such file or directory
[root@karthick karthick]#

[collo]

You ntfs drive entry is not in /etc/fstab but in /etc/mtab.

Check your existing services as the error means that the autofs doesnt exist in the system or is not in your path.

Type
]# system-config-services
to use services GUI interface to view if autofs is listed.

Then you need to type the whole path if you havent logged in as su -

Type
# /sbin/service autofs stop

NB: service autofs starts the automount daemon responsible for mounting your ntfs drive during bootup process.

[getyourkarthick]

autofs service was not found in my system...