On May 16, 2018 2:35 PM, Joe <j...@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?
