Hi Fred, no I was asking about the auto mount and umount issue you had. Did you get it to work correctly? Simon > Simon, if you're talking about the occasional crash, I don't know, since > it > happens only occasionally. If I can make it thru six months without seeing > it, then I'll declare it fixed. > > Thanks! > > On Wed, Jan 6, 2021 at 1:23 PM Simon Matter <simon.matter at invoca.ch> > wrote: > >> Have you been able to fix the issue? >> >> Regards, >> Simon >> >> > OK, here's where I stand now: >> > 1. I stopped and disabled autofs. (I have 2 SMB filesystems out on the >> LAN >> > that have also been automounting with autofs, do I need to do similar >> > changes in fstab for them?) >> > 2. yes it has. >> > 3. none I can see. >> > 4. nothing that leaps out at me. there are a couple about /mnt/backup >> not >> > existing but they appear to be old ones, aren't happening anymore. >> > >> > So, I've made a minor tweak to /etc/fstab, nothing that should matter. >> > rebooted, and when it comes up /mnt/backup is mounted. TWICE, >> according >> to >> > the output of mount: >> > >> > $ mount | grep backup >> > systemd-1 on /mnt/backup type autofs >> > >> (rw,relatime,fd=25,pgrp=1,timeout=900,minproto=5,maxproto=5,direct,pipe_ino=9840) >> > /dev/sdc1 on /mnt/backup type ext4 >> > (rw,relatime,seclabel,stripe=8191,data=ordered) >> > >> > is this really a double mount, or is this what I'm supposed to be >> seeing? >> > >> > doesn't seem to timeout and auto umount. >> > >> > Thanks again for your assistance! >> > >> > Fred >> > >> > On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 7:48 AM Strahil Nikolov via CentOS >> > <centos at centos.org> >> > wrote: >> > >> >> Verify that: >> >> 1. Autofs is not running >> >> 2. Systemd has created '.mount' and '.automount' units >> >> systemctl status mnt-backup.mount mnt-backup.automount >> >> systemctl cat mnt-backup.mount mnt-backup.automount >> >> >> >> 3. Verify that there are no errors in local-fs.target >> >> systemctl status local-fs.target >> >> >> >> 4. Check for errors via: >> >> mount -a >> >> journalctl -e >> >> >> >> Best Regards >> >> Strahil Nikolov >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> В понеделник, 4 януари 2021 г., 01:29:25 Гринуич+2, Fred < >> >> fred.fredex at gmail.com> написа: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> OK, I think I've got it set up as described here, while fixing the >> >> misplaced fields in /etc/fstab: >> >> >> >> UUID=259ec5ea-e8a4-465a-9263-1c06217b9aaf /mnt/backup ext4 >> >> x-systemd.automount,x-systemd.idle-timeout=15min,noauto 0 2 >> >> >> >> now when I do, e.g., "ls /mnt/backup" >> >> >> >> I get: >> >> >> >> $ sudo !! >> >> sudo ls /mnt/backup >> >> ls: cannot open directory /mnt/backup: No such file or directory >> >> >> >> if I do: >> >> >> >> ls /mnt >> >> >> >> I see: >> >> >> >> backup >> >> >> >> use su to become root, then: >> >> ls -l /mnt shows: >> >> >> >> # ls -al >> >> total 4 >> >> drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 0 Jan 2 13:24 . >> >> dr-xr-xr-x. 21 root root 4096 Jan 2 09:22 .. >> >> dr-xr-xr-x. 2 root root 0 Jan 2 13:24 backup >> >> >> >> ls backup shows: >> >> >> >> # ls -al backup >> >> ls: cannot open directory backup: No such file or directory >> >> >> >> why? it clearly appears to exist ???? >> >> >> >> the FS isn't mounted, but /mnt/backup exists, so it should be visible >> as >> >> an >> >> entry directory. also, I can mount it manually: >> >> >> >> mount UUID=259ec5ea-e8a4-465a-9263-1c06217b9aaf /mnt/backup >> >> >> >> and then access it. but it doesn't automount with, e.g. "ls >> /mnt/backup" >> >> or >> >> "ls /mnt/backup/backups". >> >> >> >> I must still be doing something wrong but maybe I'm too stupid to see >> >> it. >> >> (Please don't agree with me publicly...! :=) ) >> >> >> >> Fred >> >> >> >> On Sun, Jan 3, 2021 at 4:36 PM Pete Biggs <pete at biggs.org.uk> wrote: >> >> >> >> > > >> >> > > I commented out those entries in /etc/auto.master before >> modifying >> >> the >> >> > > fstab entry: >> >> > > >> >> > > UUID=259ec5ea-e8a4-465a-9263-1c06217b9aaf /mnt/backup >> >> > > ext4,x-systemd.automount,x-systemd.idle-timeout=15min noauto 0 >> >> 2 >> >> > >> >> > That's not correct. See 'man fstab'. It should be >> >> > >> >> > device mount-point filesystem-type options dump fsck >> >> > >> >> > So you should have: >> >> > >> >> > UUID=259ec5ea-e8a4-465a-9263-1c06217b9aaf /mnt/backup ext4 >> >> > x-systemd.automount,x-systemd.idle-timeout=15min,noauto 0 2 >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > > >> >> > > which is exactly as it was before except for the x-systemd >> entries >> >> as >> >> you >> >> > > described. >> >> > >> >> > Yeah, you put them in the wrong place. >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > P. >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > _______________________________________________ >> >> > CentOS mailing list >> >> > CentOS at centos.org >> >> > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> >> >> >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> CentOS mailing list >> >> CentOS at centos.org >> >> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> CentOS mailing list >> >> CentOS at centos.org >> >> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ >> > CentOS mailing list >> > CentOS at centos.org >> > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> > >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS at centos.org >> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >