Re: [LUG] Systemd NFS mount via fstab.

[Julian Hall <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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

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