Results 1 to 3 of 3

Thread: autofs mounts shares only after autofs restart (Ubuntu 12.04)

Hybrid View

  1. #1
    Join Date
    Jun 2012
    Beans
    6

    Question autofs mounts shares only after autofs restart (Ubuntu 12.04)

    Hello,

    I mount Samba shares using autofs. It works, but only autofs restart.

    When I start Linux, I see autofs running:
    uusrs@solace:~$ sudo service autofs status
    [sudo] password for uusrs:
    autofs start/running, process 1654
    uusrs@solace:~$


    However, no shares mounted. No errors in syslog.

    After that, I restart autofs:
    uusrs@solace:~$ sudo service autofs restart
    autofs stop/waiting
    autofs start/running, process 3867
    uusrs@solace:~$


    After restart all shares appear and I can work with them. However, I don't want to restart autofs manually for mounts to work! I'm trying to make autofs work just after the system's start without any manual commands.

    Does anybody know how to do this?

    Thank you!

    P.S. I had another issue before with autofs (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1999791) but solved it, thanks to the community!

  2. #2
    Join Date
    Jun 2005
    Location
    Toronto, Canada
    Beans
    Hidden!
    Distro
    Xubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus

    Re: autofs mounts shares only after autofs restart (Ubuntu 12.04)

    Quick question: Based on your auto.master file from the previous thread, is your home directory/partition encrypted? If so, autofs won't have access to it during the boot cycle.

  3. #3
    Join Date
    Jun 2012
    Beans
    6

    Re: autofs mounts shares only after autofs restart (Ubuntu 12.04)

    Hello Toz, many thanks for your help! My home dir is encrypted indeed.

    To implement a workaround, I created /mnt/network directory, pointed a symlink to it from my home dir, and edited the path in my auto.master file. Here it is my auto.master:
    /mnt/network /etc/auto.uusrs --timeout=60 --ghost

    It works now and the network shares are available after restart.

    Appreciate your help!
    Last edited by uusrs; August 11th, 2012 at 06:32 PM.

Tags for this Thread

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •