Public bug reported: Systemd should automatically wait for networking and DNS systems to be in place prior to attempting to mount CIFS or NFS filesystems. This was the behavior under Ubuntu 17.04. After upgrading to 17.10 the behavior changed. Systemd no longer waits for networking and DNS to be initialized before attempting to mount network filesystems. This requires me to manually mount these systems or add a hack in the rc.local file.
Adding _netdev to the fstab entry does not change the incorrect behavior. Here is the example that worked under 17.04 but no longer works under 17.10: drobo5n:/mnt/DroboFS/Shares/PublicNFS /mnt/drobo5n nfs async,proto=tcp 0 0 I also tried: drobo5n:/mnt/DroboFS/Shares/PublicNFS /mnt/drobo5n nfs _netdev,async,proto=tcp 0 0 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10 Package: systemd 234-2ubuntu12.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-21.24-generic 4.13.13 Uname: Linux 4.13.0-21-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.6 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Thu Dec 28 12:44:04 2017 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-12-23 (370 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Release amd64 (20161012.2) MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. Default string ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.13.0-21-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=f8d7b91b-a6a4-4ead-a69c-d6249fc9b9ed ro quiet splash SourcePackage: systemd SystemdDelta: [EXTENDED] /lib/systemd/system/docker.service → /etc/systemd/system/docker.service.d/override.conf [EXTENDED] /lib/systemd/system/rc-local.service → /lib/systemd/system/rc-local.service.d/debian.conf [EXTENDED] /lib/systemd/system/user@.service → /lib/systemd/system/user@.service.d/timeout.conf 3 overridden configuration files found. UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to artful on 2017-12-28 (0 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 06/08/2017 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: F24 dmi.board.asset.tag: Default string dmi.board.name: X99P-SLI-CF dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. dmi.board.version: x.x dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Default string dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Default string dmi.chassis.version: Default string dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrF24:bd06/08/2017:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnDefaultstring:pvrDefaultstring:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnX99P-SLI-CF:rvrx.x:cvnDefaultstring:ct3:cvrDefaultstring: dmi.product.family: Default string dmi.product.name: Default string dmi.product.version: Default string dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. ** Affects: systemd (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug artful -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1740416 Title: nfs and cifs mounts are attempted too early in boot process To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1740416/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs