Re: Network mounts in /etc/fstab causing service ordering cycle

[Detlef Vollmann <dv@vollmann.ch>]

On 4/26/25 00:35, tuxifan@posteo.de wrote:
> On Friday, April 25, 2025 9:28:49 PM Central European Summer Time Detlef
> Vollmann wrote:
> > On 4/25/25 19:58, tuxifan@posteo.de wrote:
> > > 192.168.0.4:/mnt/hdd /mnt/hdd nfs defaults 0 3
> > >
> > > /mnt/hdd/Programme /home/nils/Programs none bind 0 4
> >
> > This is looking suspicious: mounting a local directory
> > on top of a network mount.
>
> Nope, this simply binds a network location onto a local directory.

You're right.

> Which...
> shouldn't? be a problem?

If mount considers a 'bind' mount a local mount, it could cause exactly
the circle you're seeing.

  Detlef