Re: [LUG] Systemd NFS mount via fstab.

[Julian Hall <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 21/07/18 21:20, Julian Hall wrote:
> On 21/07/18 20:38, mr meowski wrote:
> > On 21/07/18 20:09, Julian Hall wrote:
> >
> > > Still refusing point blank to mount at boot.. I did as above; commented
> > > out fstab, deleted the old .mount file, created the new one, then did
> > > steps 6-8. Then DEMETER loaded. Rebooted and it failed to load so I
> > > tried again and got:
> > >
> > > julian@Cerce ~ $ sudo systemctl daemon-reload
> > > [sudo] password for julian:
> > > julian@Cerce ~ $ sudo systemctl status media-julian-DEMETER.mount
> > > ● media-julian-DEMETER.mount - NFS lazy test
> > >      Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/media-julian-DEMETER.mount;
> > > disabled; ven
> > >      Active: inactive (dead)
> > >       Where: /media/julian/DEMETER
> > >        What: 192.168.1.3:/volume1/DEMETER
> > > Warning: "sudo systemctl start media-julian-DEMETER.mount" exists;
> > > Overwrite, Append or Don't log?
> > >
> > > Overwrite, Append, or Don't log? (Type "O", "A", "D" or "q"
> > >
> > > It will only mount after I start it manually with systemctl.
> > >
> > > BTW I only use media as the mount point as that seems to be the default
> > > in Mint (yes I am still using 18.3). Prior to mint I used mnt.
> > Ok, nearly there...
> >
> > First, check to make sure that there isn't existing data in the folder
> > you're trying to use to mount at /media/julia/DEMETER - systemd doesn't
> > like the existing mount point. After checking it's empty, delete it:
> >
> > sudo rm -rf /media/julia/DEMETER
> >
> > systemctl will recreate it if necessary.
> >
> > Check to see if the unit file is enabled, I might have missed a step:
> >
> > systemctl is-enabled media-julian-DEMETER.mount
> >
> > If it's not enabled, enable it:
> >
> > sudo systemctl enable media-julian-DEMETER.mount
> >
> > Reboot.
> >
> > However this looks a bit suspect to me:
> >
> > "Warning: "sudo systemctl start media-julian-DEMETER.mount" exists;"
> >
> > That's a weird error message. I'd expect syntax more like "warning,
> > mount point exists" as the return status from the command "sudo
> > systemctl start media-julian-DEMETER.mount" whereas here they're mashed
> > together.
> >
> > Clear the mount point and enable the unit first and then we can check 
> > again.
> >
> > Cheers
> julian@Cerce ~ $ sudo rm -rf /media/julia/DEMETER
> [sudo] password for julian:
> julian@Cerce ~ $ systemctl is-enabled media-julian-DEMETER.mount
> disabled
> julian@Cerce ~ $ sudo systemctl enable media-julian-DEMETER.mount
> Created symlink from 
> /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/media-julian-DEMETER.mount 
> to /etc/systemd/system/media-julian-DEMETER.mount.
> julian@Cerce ~ $
>
> Then I did 'sudo systemctl start media-julian-DEMETER.mount' which 
> loaded the share, and rebooted to see if it persists.
>
> Still not persisting. It stays /enabled/ through a reboot - I assume 
> the symlink did that - but will only /load/ if I manually start the 
> mount with systemctl.
>
> Julian
Just to clarify.. there is a typo in the rm -rf line but I did execute 
it properly.

Julian

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