make sure to put & sign at the end of each mount line example smbmount //FILESERVER/MP3s /mnt/MP3s -o credentials=/root/.smbpasswd,uid=500,gid=503,rw & On Fri, 2003-05-23 at 06:57, ddembrow@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Y Makki: > > It is hard to tell what is wrong without a sample rc.local script file. > However, I suspect the commands being executed with rc.local script are not > being run as a background task so the script waits for the command to > return and it never does. > > Original message: > >Hello again > > > >Something I just tried which I think is worth mentioning, mounting from > >the console does work fine, except the mount command hangs on the second > >smb mount I try. I can however ctrl-c out of it, and it is actually > >mounted properly. > > > >Thanks again > > > > > >On Thu, 2003-05-22 at 10:30, Y Makki wrote: > >> Hello > >> > >> Thanks to everyone who responded last time I posted about this problem. > >> It was suggested I use /etc/rc.local for my smb mounting needs, which I > >> did. Now the problem is, I don't remember if this started happening > >> immediately, or worked fine a couple of times, but right now booting up > >> the system hangs on the last service it usually starts: > >> Starting Red Hat Network Daemon [OK] > >> I tried disabling that service, it would hang on service 'local'. > >> Commenting out anything related to smb mounts in /etc/rc.local fixes the > >> problem. Any ideas here? > >> > >> Thanks > >> > Gary A. Frost Systems Administrator Arnold AFB (AEDC/ACS)
