On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 08:53:17PM -0700, Gordon Messmer wrote: > On 08/23/2017 02:31 PM, Fred Smith wrote: > >do I need to reboot or something to get autofs to forget about them > >being in /mnt? > > > No, you need to figure out what program, not autofs, is trying to > access /mnt/syno-fredex and /mnt/syno-public. > > You moved the mounts, but some program still expects those paths to > exist. autofs is just telling you that some other program is still > looking in that location. Gordon, thanks for the followup. I have a desktop icon for opening a window in each of those two mounts (the mounts occur at system boot), the icons are backed up by .desktop files: cat NAS-fredex.desktop #!/usr/bin/env xdg-open [Desktop Entry] Version=1.0 Type=Link Icon[en_US]=system-logo-icon Name[en_US]=NAS-fredex URL=/mounts/syno-fredex Name=NAS-fredex Icon=/usr/share/icons/mate/48x48/places/network_local.png cat NAS-public.desktop #!/usr/bin/env xdg-open [Desktop Entry] Version=1.0 Type=Link Icon[en_US]=system-logo-icon Name[en_US]=NAS-public URL=/mounts/syno-public Name=NAS-public Icon=/usr/share/icons/mate/48x48/places/network_local.png if I click one of those then run systemctl status autofs I see one of those errors show up. If I click on it again, there are two errors. if I click on the other one, a third error shows up. nothing else I've tried seems to cause them to show up. as you can see, neither of them refers to the old mount point on /mnt. I know you can't look thru my computer and see what's wrong, but I'm puzzl-ified, since /mnt/syno-public isn't mentioned anywhere in the .desktop files. If you can think of anything else that might be happening, I'd appreciate your wisdom. thanks once again! Fred -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us ----------------------------- The Lord detests the way of the wicked but he loves those who pursue righteousness. ----------------------------- Proverbs 15:9 (niv) -----------------------------