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unixbot443

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Registered: 2026-03-28

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fstab not mounting at startup

I have the following lines in my fstab file:

//ip/photos/       /mnt/photos/       cifs    credentials=/etc/samba/cred-smb,iocharset=utf8,uid=1000,gid=1000,_netdev,nofail,x-systemd.automount,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777,sec=ntlmssp 0 0

//ip/docs/       /mnt/docs/       cifs    credentials=/etc/samba/cred-smb,iocharset=utf8,uid=1000,gid=1000,_netdev,nofail,x-systemd.automount,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777,sec=ntlmssp 0 0

Upon desktop login, the shared folders are not mounted.  I run a `mount -av`, and they mount just fine.

Last edited by unixbot443 (Today 15:22:43)

Dutch_Master

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Registered: 2018-05-31

Posts: 327  

Re: fstab not mounting at startup

In Devuan, any references to systemd calls are null and void. There is no systemd in Devuan (and never will be, that's the entire reason Devuan exists in the first place) so you need to not look up & copy/paste from tutorials where a systemd distro is used

PS:
a) fstab is a file, it's not a mount-point
b) use code tags

steve_v

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Registered: 2018-01-11

Posts: 700  

Re: fstab not mounting at startup

you need to not look up & copy/paste from tutorials where a systemd distro is used

The only systemd-related artifact here is x-systemd.automount, and while it obviously won't work, it won't hurt anything either as none of the scripts involved look at it.
Maybe try actually addressing the problem, rather than just looking for excuses to bitch about systemd?

Upon desktop login, the shared folders are not mounted.  I run a `mount -av`, and they mount just fine.

How is your networking configured? if you're using networkmanager, see this thread.
If you're using ifupdown, we'll need /var/log/boot (or wherever you have your init logs going to), and you should probably have a look for anything related in /var/log/syslog (or /var/log/messages, or wherever you have general daemon logging going) and the kernel ring-buffer (i.e. dmesg).

Also, repeating for more visibility because your fstab listing is almost unreadable:
use code tags

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rbit

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Registered: 2018-06-12

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Re: fstab not mounting at startup

Maybe if you take out the "nofail" option, you might be able to find an error message (in syslog?).

unixbot443

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Registered: 2026-03-28

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Re: fstab not mounting at startup

I am using Network Manager.
I'm not following what that thread is getting at.  Can you please explain?

steve_v

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Registered: 2018-01-11

Posts: 700  

Re: fstab not mounting at startup

Can you please explain?

There is a file missing from the excalibur network-manager package. As I said to Andre there:

You might try grabbing that missing file (/etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/01-ifupdown) from the Daedalus network-manager package.

That's probably the easiest solution while we wait (and wait, and wait some more) for this to be fixed in the stable repo and install images.

Last edited by steve_v (Today 15:47:04)

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greenjeans

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Re: fstab not mounting at startup

Maybe try actually addressing the problem, rather than just looking for excuses to bitch about systemd?

Killjoy.

Personally I prefer to do both.

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