Questions tagged [automount]
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Retry mount NFS share if failed
I have a NFS share that mounts from /etc/fstab, so that it mounts on boot. But if the NFS share isn't available on boot, how can I make it so that it retries until it can mount it?

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Automount LDAP home folders in client machines
I have created couple of users on my ldap, and setup a couple of ubuntu ldap client machines, where users can login with their accounts. I now want to share their home folders and make it centralised in all the client machines. Below are the steps I…

Tak
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Mount multiple NFS-Servers
I have multiple nfs-servers running in my network.
What is the best way to mount all servers on my ubuntu?
While researching I came across multiple possible solutions: autofs, fstab, automount. Any best practices worth sharing?

vossmalte
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"Too many levels of symbolic links" in NFS via automount resolved by restarting Docker
This is bizarre and while I have a workaround, I'd prefer a permanent fix.
I have a small group of GPU machines running Ubuntu 14.04 which I am using as workers for a cloud service that's effected via Docker images. I have nvidia-docker installed on…

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unable to find suitable address when attempting to mount folder shared with samba
I am running into issues attempting to mount a folder on a CentOS server, which was shared from another CentOS server.
I set it up following option two on https://www.howtogeek.com/176471/how-to-share-files-between-windows-and-linux/
I managed to…

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Mount remote https volumes over https from command line
My mailprovider (mail.com) offers free storage space. I would like to mount the storage in /etc/fstab on Linux, so that the storage comes up on boot.
It seems to be possible to mount the volume in windows (Map network drive) and MacOs (Connect to…

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AutoFS/Automount doesnt mount ext4 imagefile on sshfs mount
I'm trying to automount an ext4 sparse imagefile on an sshfs mount but it doenst work like its supposed to be :/
I also mount the sshfs mount via autofs and this works like a charm but when I try to add the automount for the imagefile nothing…

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LDAP schema edit
I have default LDAP schema (389 DS instance) with the following objectClasses:
objectClasses: ( 1.3.6.1.1.1.2.17 NAME 'automount' DESC 'An entry in an automo
unter map' SUP top STRUCTURAL MUST ( cn $ automountInformation ) MAY descript
ion…

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Group Policy applied but Network Drive wont show up
Server 2012 DC + Server 2012 on the client side.
I have the following group policy in place:
The policy is applied when I run gpresult /r /scope computer:
Yet the drive does not show up.
Also the LOG file is not generated per the "Configure Drive…

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Trouble automounting NFS share on Centos 7
I have a fresh install of Centos 7. I cannot seem to auto mount an NFS share located on 192.168.254.105:/srv/nfsshare from the Centos client.
Mounting the share manually however, works perfectly.
/etc/auto.master has been commented out completely…

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Oracle Database with autofs
We run our oracle databases (11 & 12) on NFS on Redhat 6. We do not use ASM. Is it acceptable to use autofs for all of the various oracle files?
Thanks,
Al

Al F
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Auto mount usb keys on a static point?
I want to create a script to backup data for casuals.
They have to insert a usb key and just have to click on a script to backup data on it.
Unfortunately, in Centos 6.6 auto mount change the mount point everytime, depending of the name of the usb…

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RHEL6 autofs maps with subdirectories and LDAP
All the documentation I see shows, even for file based, mounts that will show up on the client computer like
/test/mymount
and you can have as many
/test/mymount2
/test/mymountN
as you want.
What I can't find documentation on…

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Mounting a webdav share to its original Linux server
Ok, so normally, a server provides a webdav share, and that can be accessed by mounting it on some other computer.
What I want to do is to mount it (permanently) not elsewhere, but on the actual Ubuntu server that is providing it.
My questions:
Is…

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/etc/auto.master vs /usr/lib/systemd/system/*.automount in centos7
What's the difference/dependency between autofs and systemd automount and declarations in /etc/auto.master versus /usr/lib/systemd/system/*.automount in CentOS 7 ?
Do they do exactly the same? If not what are the differences?
Do they depend on…

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