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Date:      19 Dec 2002 12:07:52 -0500
From:      Matt Smith <matt@forsetti.com>
To:        adaml@visimation.com
Cc:        "'freebsd-questions'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Problem with my startup script?
Message-ID:  <1040317672.70744.1.camel@d80h149.public.uconn.edu>
In-Reply-To: <002001c2a77f$f40db760$6f00000a@5adam5>
References:  <002001c2a77f$f40db760$6f00000a@5adam5>

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On Thu, 2002-12-19 at 11:59, Adam Lofstedt wrote:
> Hello wise ones,
> 
> I am trying to mount a windows share at boot with mount_smbfs.  Since I
> have to use the noauto option in fstab (filesystems in fstab are mounted
> before the network is initialized), I have created a startup script
> (smbfsstartup.sh) and placed it in /usr/local/etc/rc.d:
> 
> case "$1" in
>     start)
>         /sbin/mount /myshare
> 	;;
>     stop)
> 	#Maybe do something here...
> 	;;
>     *)
>     ;;
> esac
> 
> This exact same script worked just fine on another machine.  When I
> moved it to a different machine I get this message when my system boots
> up:
> 
> Local Package Initialization : (skipping smbfsstartup.sh, not
> executable).
> 
> I have modified my nsmb.conf files appropriately in both /etc and
> /usr/local/etc.  Using "mount" at the command prompt works just fine.  I
> am not sure why my startup script is not working on this machine, the
> syntax looks fine to me.
> 
> As a clue, when I mount from the command line, I get the following
> message:
> 
> netsmb_dev: loaded
> 
> Is this some kernel module that isn't getting loaded at boot time, and
> causing the script to fail?  Any thoughts?
> 
> Thanks,
> Adam Lofstedt
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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Is your script executable?
chmod 755 /usr/local/etc/rc.d/smbfsstartup.sh


-matt

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Matt Smith <matt@forsetti.com>


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