Re: setting up a drive automount in systemd?
On May 16, 2018 2:35 PM, Joe <joe@jretrading.com> wrote:
> Not what you want, but related, possibly it will help to make sense
>
> of other documentation. I have network drives set to automount on first
>
> use. Here is a typical /etc/fstab line:
>
> //<server>/Media /mnt/<server>/Media cifs
>
> noauto,x-systemd.automount,user,guest,noperm,dir_mode=0x777,file_mode=0x777,vers=1.0,rw
>
> Note that without the 'noauto' it will automount on boot, which is
>
> not what you normally want for network or removable drives, given that
>
> the boot will hang if the drive is not found. I believe 'nofail'
>
> instead would also prevent a boot hang, but I also don't want a dozen
>
> possibly delayed mount processes holding up boot, I'm prepared to wait
>
> until I need them. Note that most of the parameters are relevant to
>
> cifs/samba mounts.
>
> With no /etc/fstab entry, a removable drive when plugged in will by
>
> default automount on first use. I don't recall that any manual
>
> configuration was necessary for that to happen.
That's what initially puzzled me -- there is *no* /etc/fstab file at all, leading me to consider that it's possible that everything has changed. If I were to make an /etc/fstab with just the line I need for the drive, this would work with systemd?
Reply to: