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Re: [LUG] Linux Mint 20 and autofs [trying to mount NFS shares on NAS]

 
On 17/07/20 14:21, Julian Hall wrote:
> On 16/07/2020 21:38, comrade meowski wrote:
>> On 16/07/2020 21:27, Julian Hall wrote:
>>
>>> I have since tried adding them to the fstab, which I then added to the
>>> list of methods that don't work. However trying to mount them manually
>>> using 'sudo mount -a' gave an access denied error, which may well be
>>> the root of all the problems, and I have no clue what that's about.
>>
>> Well if you're copying them verbatim _and_ you want the mount points to
>> stay the same (/media/julian/BLAH) as on the working system you should
>> actually be able to just copy them over.
>>
>> BUT systemd won't know about the changes to it's units until you either
>> reboot or just call:
>>
>> sudo systemctl daemon-reload
>>
>> Don't forget you need to actually enable the new automount units!
>>
>> sudo systemctl enable BLAH
>>
>> And then you have to start them:
>>
>> sudo systemctl start BLAH
>>
>> After which you should have everything working. Remember you don't need
>> to manually mount those NFS shares any more, they will be automatically
>> mounted on demand when you access them in any way.
>>
>> My guess is you've just missed one of the extra steps listed here but
>> otherwise everything is ok.
>>
> I knew there was something I hadn't done. I also installed openssh-server
> on the laptop to make administering it easier.
>
> ulian@192.168.1.136's password:
> julian@APHRODITE ~ $ sudo systemctl daemon-reload
> julian@APHRODITE ~ $ sudo systemctl enable
> /etc/systemd/system/media-julian-DEMETER.mount
> julian@APHRODITE ~ $ sudo systemctl enable
> /etc/systemd/system/media-julian-HESTIA.mount
> julian@APHRODITE ~ $ sudo systemctl enable
> /etc/systemd/system/media-julian-PERSEPHONE.mount
>
> All good so far. Daemon reloaded and all three mounts enabled.
>
> julian@APHRODITE ~ $ sudo systemctl start
> /etc/systemd/system/media-julian-DEMETER.mount
> Failed to start
> etc-systemd-system-media\x2djulian\x2dDEMETER.mount.mount: Unit
> etc-systemd-system-media\x2djulian\x2dDEMETER.mount.mount not found.
>
> I spoke too soon. For the moment I'll assume '\x2d' is a control code for
> '-'. Why it now says it cannot find the mount point it only just enabled
> is a mystery, the final hurdle though I hope! Is it saying 'mount.mount'
> for some oddball reason?
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Julian
>
Drop the ".mount" on the end of your systemctl invocation? .. it may well
be true it can't find X.mount.mount ... :P

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