Simon, if you're talking about the occasional crash, I don't know, since it happens only occasionally. If I can make it thru six months without seeing it, then I'll declare it fixed. Thanks! On Wed, Jan 6, 2021 at 1:23 PM Simon Matter <simon.matter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Have you been able to fix the issue? > > Regards, > Simon > > > OK, here's where I stand now: > > 1. I stopped and disabled autofs. (I have 2 SMB filesystems out on the > LAN > > that have also been automounting with autofs, do I need to do similar > > changes in fstab for them?) > > 2. yes it has. > > 3. none I can see. > > 4. nothing that leaps out at me. there are a couple about /mnt/backup not > > existing but they appear to be old ones, aren't happening anymore. > > > > So, I've made a minor tweak to /etc/fstab, nothing that should matter. > > rebooted, and when it comes up /mnt/backup is mounted. TWICE, according > to > > the output of mount: > > > > $ mount | grep backup > > systemd-1 on /mnt/backup type autofs > > > (rw,relatime,fd=25,pgrp=1,timeout=900,minproto=5,maxproto=5,direct,pipe_ino=9840) > > /dev/sdc1 on /mnt/backup type ext4 > > (rw,relatime,seclabel,stripe=8191,data=ordered) > > > > is this really a double mount, or is this what I'm supposed to be seeing? > > > > doesn't seem to timeout and auto umount. > > > > Thanks again for your assistance! > > > > Fred > > > > On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 7:48 AM Strahil Nikolov via CentOS > > <centos@xxxxxxxxxx> > > wrote: > > > >> Verify that: > >> 1. Autofs is not running > >> 2. Systemd has created '.mount' and '.automount' units > >> systemctl status mnt-backup.mount mnt-backup.automount > >> systemctl cat mnt-backup.mount mnt-backup.automount > >> > >> 3. Verify that there are no errors in local-fs.target > >> systemctl status local-fs.target > >> > >> 4. Check for errors via: > >> mount -a > >> journalctl -e > >> > >> Best Regards > >> Strahil Nikolov > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> В понеделник, 4 януари 2021 г., 01:29:25 Гринуич+2, Fred < > >> fred.fredex@xxxxxxxxx> написа: > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> OK, I think I've got it set up as described here, while fixing the > >> misplaced fields in /etc/fstab: > >> > >> UUID=259ec5ea-e8a4-465a-9263-1c06217b9aaf /mnt/backup ext4 > >> x-systemd.automount,x-systemd.idle-timeout=15min,noauto 0 2 > >> > >> now when I do, e.g., "ls /mnt/backup" > >> > >> I get: > >> > >> $ sudo !! > >> sudo ls /mnt/backup > >> ls: cannot open directory /mnt/backup: No such file or directory > >> > >> if I do: > >> > >> ls /mnt > >> > >> I see: > >> > >> backup > >> > >> use su to become root, then: > >> ls -l /mnt shows: > >> > >> # ls -al > >> total 4 > >> drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 0 Jan 2 13:24 . > >> dr-xr-xr-x. 21 root root 4096 Jan 2 09:22 .. > >> dr-xr-xr-x. 2 root root 0 Jan 2 13:24 backup > >> > >> ls backup shows: > >> > >> # ls -al backup > >> ls: cannot open directory backup: No such file or directory > >> > >> why? it clearly appears to exist ???? > >> > >> the FS isn't mounted, but /mnt/backup exists, so it should be visible as > >> an > >> entry directory. also, I can mount it manually: > >> > >> mount UUID=259ec5ea-e8a4-465a-9263-1c06217b9aaf /mnt/backup > >> > >> and then access it. but it doesn't automount with, e.g. "ls /mnt/backup" > >> or > >> "ls /mnt/backup/backups". > >> > >> I must still be doing something wrong but maybe I'm too stupid to see > >> it. > >> (Please don't agree with me publicly...! :=) ) > >> > >> Fred > >> > >> On Sun, Jan 3, 2021 at 4:36 PM Pete Biggs <pete@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > >> > > > >> > > 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 > >> > > >> > That's not correct. See 'man fstab'. It should be > >> > > >> > device mount-point filesystem-type options dump fsck > >> > > >> > So you should have: > >> > > >> > 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. > >> > > >> > Yeah, you put them in the wrong place. > >> > > >> > > >> > P. > >> > > >> > > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos