Seems to be. Thanks again! Fred On Thu, Jan 7, 2021 at 1:46 AM Simon Matter <simon.matter at invoca.ch> wrote: > 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >