I would hazard a guess that the module needed to read that device isn't running when your fstab is being read. I don't know how to troubleshoot that but it would xplain why manual mounting works after full boot.
-- Sent from the road... http://www.jonwatson.ca 1.403.875.6048 -----Original Message----- From: Shawn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, Nov 1, 2006 2:21 pm Subject: [clug-talk] Mounting Problem -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >Hash: SHA1 > >I have the following in my /etc/fstab: > >#network mounts >//hive/share /home/sgrover/share smbfs >password=,uid=sgrover,gid=sgrover,dmask=700,fmask=700 > 0 0 > >(everything below the comment is on one line... and there IS no password) > >When I do mount -a, this share mounts fine. But when I boot the >computer it does not mount. So I have to manually run the mount -a >before it's available to me - which really defeats the purpose of >putting it in fstab. > >Any tips on where I can start looking to figure why this isn't mounting? > I'm not seeing anything useful in /var/log/messages, or dmesg. In >/var/log/samaba/log.smbmount, I can see where the mount happens, but >only for the times when I do so manually. No errors/messages saying why it >can't mount the drive. > >If it helps, this is on a Kubuntu Edgy box. There has been no changes to the >shared directory itself - it's been running fine for close to a year _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
