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

[Julian Hall <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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

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