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Subject: Re: SMB share not mounting at startup
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Stephen Allen wrote:
> I am trying to mount an SMB share at startup.  I have configured (as 
> root) .nsmbrc so I don't have to type a password.  When I run "mount 
> -a", it mounts beautifully.
> 
> However, when restarting the server, it will not mount automatically. 
> According to rc.conf(5), smbfs is part of 'netfs_types' so rc should 
> wait until after the network is started before trying to mount it (so 
> shouldn't fail).  I have an entry in /etc/fstab as follows:
> 
> //backup@snap-cms/unix_backups  /mnt/snapserver  smbfs  rw  0 0
> 
> Does anyone have any ideas?  I'm wondering if the .nsmbrc file can't be 
> read because rc isn't running as root - and if so, where can I put .nsmbrc?
> 
> Many thanks,
> Steve :)

I don't think $HOME or $USER are already set at the time hard disks are 
mounted. Use the global file /etc/nsmb.conf as suggested in another mail.