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autofs doesnt mount my Windows Share (Ubuntu 16.04 LTS)

Hello,

I'm trying to mount a windows share folder from a Win10 PC in my network to a directory in my linux server.

If I do

Code:

mount -t cifs -o username=guest,password=guest,vers=3.0 //192.168.1.107/ulark mnt/ulark

it mounts perfectly, but after the server reboot it doesnt mount because the device first tried to mount, then connects to network.

So i tried autofs

My auto.master:

Code:

#

# Sample auto.master file

# This is a 'master' automounter map and it has the following format:

# mount-point [map-type[,format]:]map [options]

# For details of the format look at auto.master(5).

#

#/misc  /etc/auto.misc

/mnt /etc/auto.cifs-shares

#

# NOTE: mounts done from a hosts map will be mounted with the

#      "nosuid" and "nodev" options unless the "suid" and "dev"

#      options are explicitly given.

#

#/net  -hosts

#

# Include /etc/auto.master.d/*.autofs

# The included files must conform to the format of this file.

#

+dir:/etc/auto.master.d

#

# Include central master map if it can be found using

# nsswitch sources.

#

# Note that if there are entries for /net or /misc (as

# above) in the included master map any keys that are the

# same will not be seen as the first read key seen takes

# precedence.

#

+auto.master

my auto.cifs-shares that i created for the application:

Code:

ulark -fstype=cifs,rw,username=guest,password=guest,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777,vers=3.0 ://192.168.1.107/ulark

Any advise would help loads, I'm still a novice with ubuntu ^^

Quote:

Originally Posted by demomixas (Post 5900846)

Hello,

I'm trying to mount a windows share folder from a Win10 PC in my network to a directory in my linux server.

If I do

Code:

mount -t cifs -o username=guest,password=guest,vers=3.0 //192.168.1.107/ulark mnt/ulark

it mounts perfectly, but after the server reboot it doesnt mount because the device first tried to mount, then connects to network.

This problem should be handled by the _netdev option in /etc/fstab. It seems to exist in Ubuntu. It will defer mounting until networking is up, and is used to mount other network-based filesystems like NFS or filesystems that reside on iSCSI servers.

See for examples instructions at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NFSv4Howto, in the NFSv4 Client paragraph.

Regarding your AutoFS problem, I don't have a solution, but if I were you I would be looking for AutoFS log files in Ubuntu. Perhaps in the systemd journal?

Forgot to mention, that previously i tried _netdev.
My fstab mounting line:

Code:

//192.168.1.107/ulark /mnt/ulark cifs _netdev,username=guest,password=guest,vers=3.0 0 0

After the reboot the problem was not solved. Perhaps i frazed the line incorrectly?

Google searches said that _netdev only works for nfs, not cifs. (I think they differ, no?)

Sorry if I miss out on something obvious, mostly started looking up mounting 4 days ago, so i don't fully understand the principle of how it works.

I don't see anything obviously wrong with your configuration files. The share will not mount until you access the /mnt/ulark directory.

Did you start / enable autofs?

sudo service autofs start
sudo update-rc.d autofs defaults