$ cat /etc/centos-release CentOS Linux release 7.9.2009 (Core) $ sudo systemctl status mnt-backup.mount mnt-backup.automount [sudo] password for fredex: ● mnt-backup.mount - /mnt/backup Loaded: loaded (/etc/fstab; bad; vendor preset: disabled) Active: active (mounted) since Sat 2021-01-02 22:20:05 EST; 14h ago Where: /mnt/backup What: /dev/sdc1 Docs: man:fstab(5) man:systemd-fstab-generator(8) Tasks: 0 ● mnt-backup.automount Loaded: loaded Active: inactive (dead) Where: /mnt/backup [fredex@fcshome Desktop]$ systemctl cat mnt-backup.mount mnt-backup.automount No files found for mnt-backup.automount. # /run/systemd/generator/mnt-backup.mount # Automatically generated by systemd-fstab-generator [Unit] SourcePath=/etc/fstab Documentation=man:fstab(5) man:systemd-fstab-generator(8) RequiresOverridable=systemd-fsck@dev-disk-by \x2duuid-259ec5ea\x2de8a4\x2d465a\x2 After=systemd-fsck@dev-disk-by \x2duuid-259ec5ea\x2de8a4\x2d465a\x2d9263\x2d1c062 [Mount] What=/dev/disk/by-uuid/259ec5ea-e8a4-465a-9263-1c06217b9aaf Where=/mnt/backup Type=ext4 Options=noauto the fstab statement I put in my last posting was a copy/paste from /etc/fstab, so it should be correct as shown. I don't see a comma before noauto. On Sun, Jan 3, 2021 at 11:42 AM Strahil Nikolov <hunter86_bg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Are you still on 7.6 ? I recently discovered that a bug in sysstat was > fixed in 7.7 that prevented autofs from umounting the filesystem. > > The following should show if it's taking into action: > systemctl status mnt-backup.mount mnt-backup.automount > systemctl cat mnt-backup.mount mnt-backup.automount > > > Are you sure that you got no "," before that "noauto" ? > > Best Regards, > Strahil Nikolov > > > > > > > В неделя, 3 януари 2021 г., 16:25:47 Гринуич+2, Fred < > fred.fredex@xxxxxxxxx> написа: > > > > > > Strahil: > > I WAS using that, but the automatic umount never worked, leaving it > mounted all the time. > > I commented out those entries in /etc/auto.master before modifying the > fstab entry: > > UUID=259ec5ea-e8a4-465a-9263-1c06217b9aaf /mnt/backup > ext4,x-systemd.automount,x-systemd.idle-timeout=15min noauto 0 2 > > which is exactly as it was before except for the x-systemd entries as you > described. > > and the peculiar thing is it STILL does not automount. and yes, I did do > systemctl restart local-fs.target. > > do I need to reboot (or something simpler, maybe) to fully disable the > auto.master stuff? > > Thanks again! > > Fred > > On Sun, Jan 3, 2021 at 5:54 AM Strahil Nikolov via CentOS < > centos@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi Fred, > > > > do you use automatic umount for the map in /etc/auto.master (--timeout) ? > > > > If yes, then the systemd mount options probably won't help. > > > > Best Regards, > > Strahil Nikolov > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > В неделя, 3 януари 2021 г., 04:27:17 Гринуич+2, Fred < > fred.fredex@xxxxxxxxx> написа: > > > > > > > > > > > > Yeah, and the instructions for setting RAID-1 or RAID-0 have the switch > > positions exactly reversed. > > > > Strahil: I'm using autofs to automount the unit. but just turned that off > > and enabled the xsystemd.automount in fstab, we'll see how that works. > > > > Fred > > > > > > On Sat, Jan 2, 2021 at 4:11 PM Warren Young <warren@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >> On Jan 2, 2021, at 11:17 AM, Fred <fred.fredex@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > > >> > I assume that the yottamaster device runs Linux, just like 99% of > other > >> > such devices. > >> > >> 99% of NAS boxes, maybe, but not dumb RAID boxes like the one I believe > >> you’re referring to. > >> > >> (And I doubt even that, with the likes of FreeNAS extending down from > the > >> enterprise space where consumer volume can affect that sort of thing.) > >> > >> I have more than speculation to back that guess: the available firmware > >> images are far too small to contain a Linux OS image, their manuals > don’t > >> talk about Linux or GPL that I can see, and there’s no place to download > >> their Linux source code per the GPL. > >> > >> While doing this exploration, I’ve run into multiple problems with their > >> web site, which strengthens my suspicion that this box is your > culprit. If > >> they’re this slipshod with their marketing material, what does that say > >> about their engineering department? > >> _______________________________________________ > >> CentOS mailing list > >> CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx > >> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > CentOS mailing list > > CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > _______________________________________________ > > CentOS mailing list > > CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos