Scripting problem: stopping automount

[morphman]

Is there any way i can stop RedHat 7.x from automounting a cd when it is inserted? I need to do this from the command line (in a script) and not by changing RedHat settings from the gui. The problem occurs when my script tries to unmount the cdrom after the automount window has popped up and i get a message saying that the device is still busy (because the window is open). Any suggestions? *??? Thanks a ton for any help you can provide!

--Morphman

PS: Is a new process opened when that window pops up (from the cd being automounted)? I tried doing a
ps -A > temp1 ##before the cd was automounted
and then a
ps -A > temp2 ## after the cd was automounted
and then i did a
diff temp1 temp2
and found no new processes... else i woul have just killed the new process.

[morphman]

Just to provide some more information... Ive tried deleting the line for the cdrom in the /etc/auto.misc file and then reloading /etc/init.d/autofs script but any cds I insert still automount. It looks like all the info is in the man pages but i dont understand it Ive read through it a few times and im getting nowhere. Help! (Please!)
--Morphman

[pam]

I don't use automount myself, but I can see you are desperate . Are you not able to disable the daemon altogether? (maybe just doing "/etc/init.d/autofs stop" will do that).

Also, it may not be the reason that you can't unmount. If your script changes to a directory on the cd it will have to change to a different "off cd" directory before it can umount as the cd is still in use if it is the present working directory of any shell.

[morphman]

I typed this:
/etc/init.d/autofs stop
and got this:
Stopping automounter: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *[FAILED]
And yes, i agree that the reason i cant unmount the cd with that window up is because it is looking at the contents of the cd. But i need my script to do all of this, and not have the user close the window or change to a different directory. I need a way for my script to supress that window from coming up. Its not so much that i dont want it to automount, i can get around that rather easily, i need to keep that cursed window from popping up and i was assuming that if i could disable automount it would disable that window from coming out. I now realize there could be some error in my big assumption though.... when i mount the cd manually that window still pops up. So now my question has evolved to "How do i keep that window from popping up when a cd is mounted?" Thanks again for any help you can provide!
--Morphman

Edit: I just reread your last post Pam and i see what you are saying now. No, im not cd'd to a a directory on the cd. The only thing i do is an:
if ls /mnt/cdrom/linux/manager
to see if the correct cd was inserted and then an
rpm --install
command. The reason i cant unmount the cd is because that window pops up displaying the contents of that cd... oh, that cursed... cursed window!

[morphman]

I got so bold as to "rpm -e autofs" in the /etc/init.d directory and that didnt even stop it from automounting! Think if i do an "rm -rf /etc/init.d" that will solve the problem? hehe
--Morphman, losing it

[pam]

I dunno then, maybe it's a property of your desktop environment to do this - maybe it listens for this event, maybe it's configurable somewhere.
Try typing "lsof | grep cdrom" at the time that the device is supposedly busy (lsof = list open files, we are trying to find anything open with /mnt/cdrom in it's path). ???

[njcajun]

what if you remove lines relating to 'cdrom' from /etc/fstab?

Also, depending on the window manager, you can disable automounting through a gui once and it won't happen again. My guess is that you're using Nautilus, which is a huge pain in the a** in this respect. Whatever you're using, check out its 'control-panel' equivalent and see if you can find something there. If not, I'd get on a mailing list and ask there.

[morphman]

I just gave up on it. Its too much work for trying to save 3 seconds. We install on so many systems that it would totally negate anything i would gain from the script by making the user disable automount. Thanks for the help anyway guys!