Volume keeps disappearing

10.5.6.
I have a partition MEDIA on a USB drive on my mac-mini. No permissions set on that disk. File-Sharing turned on for MEDIA, R/W to Everyone. Another partition REPAIR on the same disk does not have File-Sharing turned on.
I use Finder on another mac to view the mac-mini, see all its shares including MEDIA, double click on MEDIA, and I can see its contents. I can also see its contents in Terminal at /Volumes/MEDIA
Some time later, MEDIA disappears. This might be when the disk drive enters some kind of "spun-down / green" state, I'm not sure. Or, it might be after the mini blanks the screen, and I see the login dialog again. (How do I turn that **** re-login thing off? I tried turning screen saver to "never", it still happens).
Now I cannot see MEDIA anywhere, via Finder or Terminal. On the mini itself it is alive and well, and awake. Instead, I can now see the REPAIR partition (which was not even shared to start with!!)
I have done permissions repair on the mini's system disk. Cannot do it on the external USB (greyed out). No change.
Help !!! this is driving me nuts!

OK, figured it out. I did not think I had to be logged into a machine to share its volumes with others.
I had System Prefs / Security / Log out after 180 minutes of inactivity.
Turned this off, and problem is gone.

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