SMB cifs wont automout using vers=3.0 in Ubuntu Server 18.04LTS /etc/fstab...
If I login and manually run mount -a it mounts without any problems. But auto-mount is not running. I've tried the following:`//192.168.0.85/someshare/Directory /var/log/remoteMount cifs...
View ArticlePrevent mounting a partition in fstab
So I feel really bad for asking this question because it looks like it has been asked a million times on the internet. I am even finding a very consistent answer, and I am not getting any errors when I...
View ArticleNFS mounts not happening at boot in 18.04 or 18.10
I'm trying to set up a couple of NFS mounts to automatically mount at boot. I'm not new to this; I did this on Solaris in 1985.Here's what I have in /etc/fstab:iomega:/nfs/Music /music nfs rw,auto,user...
View ArticlePlex media server and mount issues in Ubuntu 13.04
hopefully it's not too much of a newbie question......so, i have decided to drop plex media server onto an Ubuntu install in order to provide my house with a stable platform that will maximize...
View ArticleHost and fstab file messed up after try to change swap size
I was trying to increase the swap size of my Ubuntu. I, naïve, followed the steps of this answer:Check the swap that is in use:sudo swapon -sIf swap partition(s) are found:sudo swapoff -asudo nano -Bw...
View ArticleUbuntu booting to maintenance mode after altering /etc/fstab
I've got a file server running Ubuntu Server LTS 16.04.1.Originally it had 2 hard drives, the first running my OS (swap and boot), the second was strictly a media storage drive (1 whole partition with...
View Articlemount error(115): Operation now in progress. Refer to the mount.cifs(8)...
I am following the steps listed here to try to get my WD Passport Wireless Pro 3TB HDD to work with Lubuntu 18.04: http://tutodir.com/how-to-mount-wd-my-passport-wireless-pro-on-ubuntu/I run into the...
View ArticleRoot filesystem check failed
While updating ubuntu my system crashed and after restarting and entering to ubuntu I get the message Root filesystem check failed.Very much similar to the post Ubuntu 13.04 to 13.10: Filesystem check...
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Can't change permissions on a network share smb/CIFS
I'm sure this is simple for someone but I have tried for the last 2 days every piece of information from googling and still no joy! So I would really appreciate some help. I'm newish to the world of...
View Articlefstab ignores username configuration
I'm struggling to find a solution to this random issue.I have the following configuration://192.168.1.39/MediaCenter /media/NAS/MediaCenter cifs...
View Articleediting fstab with different mount point for raid array
I created a software raid 5 array on ubuntu 24.04 LTS.I mistakenly created a mount point it seems called "/mnt/mdo" instead of "/md0"I mean, to be fair it probably really doesnt matter, but i would...
View ArticleOnly one CIFS share is auto-mounted
I have the following two mounts listed in my /etc/fstab//192.168.10.1/StashNas /mnt/stashnas cifs uid=sam,gid=sam,credentials=/etc/stashnas.credentials 0 0//192.168.10.1/StashSam /mnt/stashsam cifs...
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External harddisk detected but not mounting
I have a WD MyPassport that is NTFS formatted with only 1 partition, and works perfectly fine on Windows. It was working well with Ubuntu until a few days ago (points 3 and 4 explains what changes I...
View Articlemounting passwordless SMB share results in permission denied error
Here's what I did:mkdir /mnt/sharedmount -v -t cifs //192.168.1.128/shared /mnt/sharedWhen I do that I'm prompted for a password. When I just hit enter (since the share I'm trying to connect to is...
View Articleunable to auto-mount path even tho i can mount it using mount command
I can successfully mount an SMB share if I do this:sudo mount -v -t cifs -o username=neubert,password=whatever //192.168.1.128/shared /media/sharedLike if I do that and go to /media/shared in the File...
View ArticleStrange "mount" parameters with ntfs3
My systems runs on ext4, but I have a media mounted with NTFS file system, because at times it needs to be read in W10.I am running 22.04.I read about a change in the file system drivers, with a...
View ArticleHow to convert sshfs command to fstab entry?
From another SO question, I understand I should create an entry in fstab to permanently mount an access to a virtual machine.I am not Linux expert. The magic command which allows me to perform this...
View ArticleTrouble getting multiple SMB windows folders to mount
I have already mounted one network folder from my windows PC following the guide in this videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0B8lPKRe0x0&t=303swhen trying to repeat the process for mounting a...
View Articleauto mount not working with fatab entry
I am trying to mount /tmp in a separate partition. fstab looks like this (there are no ticks before the hashtags, I just added them in the post so that it doesn't make the text bold and super large):'#...
View ArticleCannot access mounted drive in some apps
I have had to set up my Ubuntu system again after some issues and want to mount a partition of by big drive for easy access. I had it before at /dataI have added it to...
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Is this syntax correct to auto mount a partition using fstab?
I'm new to Ubuntu so please be kind!I am trying to get a partiton to load on start-up and understand that this should be done via fstab.After lots of reading I thought that I needed to add the...
View ArticleI'm attempting to mount a drive located at /dev/sdX to a specific directory...
What I’ve Tried:Checked the drive’s file system using sudo fdisk -l.Verified the directory exists with ls /mnt/mydrive.Tried mounting with different options, such as specifying the file system type...
View ArticleSuddenly /etc/fstab user options are ignored for my ntfs partition [closed]
I have had my documents on a separate partition, so that I can access it from other os, using NTFS. It has worked fairly well until yesterday when I upgraded to ubuntu 24. I wonder if the spec for...
View ArticleHow to map several folders (e.g `/home`, `/var`) to a different (but the...
Let's say I'd like to keep /home and /var and possibly several more folders on one single separate partition, but all on the same partition. How should I accomplish this?I know how I could put all...
View ArticleMounting an NTFS partition at boot and without password
I have a dual-boot Ubuntu/Windows laptop in which the Windows NTFS partition is shared with Linux. At the moment the mounting arrangement for this NTFS partition is such that it is not mounted through...
View ArticleFile's Access Time changes correctly when cat this file locally, but not when...
Ubuntu server 24.04 with installed nfs-kernel-server.In /etc/fstab entry for "/ ext4 defaults,strictatime, 0 1"When I use cat on file locally from shell, every cat updates Access time for this...
View ArticleNFS mount Ubuntu 22.04 - Connection timed out
I have two systems running on Ubuntu 22.04. I want to mount one of the disks of the server (PC1 - auerbach) on the client (PC2 - hubel) using NFS.The /etc/exports file on PC1 looks like the...
View Articlerpi4 - Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS - NFS drive not mounting on boot
I have been having an issue getting an NFS share to automatically mount on boot for a handful of rpi4's all running Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS.If I run a sudo mount -a the drive successfully mounts with no...
View ArticleHow to auto mount VMware Shared Folder on boot
I want to automatically mount a VMware Shared Folder on boot in Ubuntu.Currently, I'm using the following command manually each time:sudo vmhgfs-fuse .host:/"Ubuntu Shared Folder" /mnt/hgfs/"Ubuntu...
View ArticlePermission masking at boot
Sick of wasting time with AIs that say completely contradictory things, here I am.I am trying to mount at boot an exfat storage device mainly used to save media & docs but with some scripts to...
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