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I've configured a auto-mount system (using autofs) with a timeout to mount a read-only (squashfs) file system.

The mount gets unmounted after the timeout even though there is read only activity on the file system constantly.

Is this expected behavior of automount?

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closed as unclear what you're asking by Jeff Schaller, cuonglm, Scott, Archemar, Anthon Jun 9 at 6:07

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I realise that I am not actually answering your question, but if there is constant read-only activity, then do you really need to use autofs? Would it not be better to make it a permanent mount point in /etc/fstab (or /etc/vfstab)? If it really does need to be mounted as an autofs file system, then with what options is it mounted in your autofs map? – Warwick Jul 8 '14 at 2:35