lemmydividebyzeroFeb 20

systemd has been a complete, utter, unmitigated success

https://reddthat.com/post/60623293

systemd has been a complete, utter, unmitigated success - Reddthat

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Show threadEryn6844
can someone please tell me how to make .mount files start at boot for smb shares ffs? is the only thing systemd is failing for me.
Feb 20 at 5:57pmWeb
Show threadheshFeb 20
Can you see if its trying and failing by using journalctl?
Show threadEryn6844Feb 20
no matter what i do it only does on try.
Show threadEggymatrixFeb 20
I dont know what you are doing, but I have my smb shares simply in fstab and never heard of any .mount file
Show threadAvid AmoebaFeb 20
On modern systems, fstab entries are read by systemd and .mount files are automatically created for each entry. 😄
Show threadEryn6844Feb 20
i am making them in salt-stack systemd templates/pillars. i will see what i miss when i do a fstab one.
Show threadBjörnFeb 20
Systemd can use .mount files to make services and stuff depend on the availability of a mount. They can either be created by hand or are created automatically from fstab.
Show threaddarcmageFeb 20

wiki.archlinux.org/title/Samba#As_systemd_unit

That’s the guide I followed on my desktop and laptop.

Samba - ArchWiki

Show threadEryn6844Feb 20
thanks,
Show threadAvid AmoebaFeb 20
Network not ready by time the mount is executed?
Show threadEryn6844Feb 20
yup,
Show threadtinsukEFeb 20

I have a service that pings the server:

cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/ping-smb.service [Unit] Description=Blocks until pinging 192.168.1.10 succeeds After=network-online.target StartLimitIntervalSec=0 [Service] Type=oneshot ExecStart=ping -c1 192.168.1.10 Restart=on-failure RestartSec=1 [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target EOF sudo systemctl enable ping-smb.service

And then I make the fstab entry depend on it:

x-systemd.requires=ping-smb.service
Show threadAvid AmoebaFeb 20
I had something similar when I used to mount an NFS share. I had a bash line that would loop ping and then mount once ping succeeds. Having a separate service that pings and making the mount dependent on it is probably the better thing to do. Should also work when put in Requires= in a .mount file.
Show threadZwuzelmausFeb 20
IIRC You simply write/change the fstab as in every system. Then you say “systemctl daemon-reload” once, and this (re)creates your .mount files. Then “mount -a” or whatever you need.
Show threadEryn6844Feb 20
thanks everyone.
Show threadcaseyweedermanFeb 20
My nfs mounts always add 1:45 to my boot even though I added _netdev to their lines in fstab. I don’t get it.
Show threadFauxLivingFeb 21

Use

_netdev,nofail,x-systemd.device-timeout=10s

nofail doesn’t interrupt the boot and 10 seconds is a more sane timeout. You can also use

x-systemd.automount

And it will automatically mount the directory the first time it is accessed.