Date: Thu, 08 May 2008 14:07:36 +0100 From: Stephen Allen <sdafreebsduk@rowyerboat.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SMB share not mounting at startup Message-ID: <4822FB18.50408@rowyerboat.com> In-Reply-To: <4821EF82.2000000@bsdforen.de> References: <4821DEA3.3020905@rowyerboat.com> <4821EF82.2000000@bsdforen.de>
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I copied /root/.nsmbrc to /etc/nsmb.conf with security at 600, and it doesn't work. With security at 777 it still doesn't work. Any more suggestions? Many thanks, Steve :) Dominic Fandrey wrote: > 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.
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