Date: Wed, 07 May 2008 20:05:54 +0200 From: Dominic Fandrey <kamikaze@bsdforen.de> To: Stephen Allen <sdafreebsduk@rowyerboat.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SMB share not mounting at startup Message-ID: <4821EF82.2000000@bsdforen.de> In-Reply-To: <4821DEA3.3020905@rowyerboat.com> References: <4821DEA3.3020905@rowyerboat.com>
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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.
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