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which resources? you can use autofs
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The resources are just a bunch of files I'd like people to be able to access.<br />
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So ... I installed autofs<br />
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And I found a procedure at <a href="https://www.linuxtechi.com/automount-nfs-share-in-linux-using-autofs/" rel="ugc">https://www.linuxtechi.com/automount-nfs-share-in-linux-using-autofs/</a>&nbsp;<br />
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Comments on that procedure? &nbsp;Thumbs-up is all I think I need, it seems quite clear, thank you very much.
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Actually I think this is better: &nbsp;<a href="https://linuxize.com/post/how-to-mount-an-nfs-share-in-linux/#automatically-mounting-nfs-file-systems-with-etcfstab" rel="ugc">https://linuxize.com/post/how-to-mount-an-nfs-share-in-linux/#automatically-mounting-nfs-file-systems-with-etcfstab</a>
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OK, I added the following in /etc/fstab:<br />
10.10.0.57:/mnt/nfs/Deskto<wbr />p /mnt/nfs &nbsp;nfs &nbsp;defaults &nbsp;0 &nbsp;0<br />
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Now the resources are automatically mounted when the machine boots. &nbsp;Yeah ... I'm halfway there. &nbsp;Now I just need it to automatically unmount before shutting down. &nbsp;I'll dig into the autofs documentation again.
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This will be mounted for all users, autofs can mount your specific path.<br />
much depends on your need. you said you wanted your resource to be available on login.<br />
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in the path, you have a typo, do you really need to nest the things <br />
/mnt/nfs/mnt/nfs<br />
do these mount points exist?<br />
/mnt<br />
/mnt/nfs<br />
/mnt/nfs/mnt<br />
/mnt/nfs/mnt/nfs<br />
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often, if you need a resource of your own, you would create it as part of your home dir ~yourusername/mnt
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once added run mount -a<br />
this will trigger the mount of all things within the fstab without the need to reboot.
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I think<br />
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Using the procedure at <a href="https://www.linuxtechi.com/automount-nfs-share-in-linux-using-autofs/" rel="ugc">https://www.linuxtechi.com/automount-nfs-share-in-linux-using-autofs/</a>&nbsp;<br />
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It involves:<br />
1. &nbsp;Adding the following line to /etc/auto.master:<br />
/mnt/nfs &nbsp;/etc/auto.nfsdb &nbsp;--timeout=180<br />
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2. &nbsp;Adding the following line to /etc/auto.nfsdb:<br />
/mnt/nfs &nbsp;-fstype=nfs4,r,soft/intr &nbsp;10.10.0.57:/mnt/nfs/Deskto<wbr />p<br />
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3. &nbsp;I started the autofs service:<br />
sudo /etc/init.d/autofs start<br />
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But no joy ... it's not mounted.
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Yeah!!! &nbsp;<br />
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OK ... Thanks so much arnold for hanging in there. &nbsp;It works.<br />
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I abandoned autofs. &nbsp;No problem, I learned something.<br />
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mount -a worked.<br />
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And the key thing you said that was helpful was ... &quot;&nbsp;no need for a special directive&quot; - I'm assuming that it will unmount cleanly and properly when I do shutdown.<br />
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Thanks so much.
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I agree ... no need for /mnt/nfs/mnt/nfs - I reduced it to /mnt/nfs
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On my desktop (ubuntu) client machine, I need to mount some resources that are found on a server. &nbsp;I'd like this mount to happen every time the machine boots, automatically.<br />
The command I'm running is:<br />
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(sudo) mount 10.10.1.57:/mnt/nfs/Deskto<wbr />p /mnt/nfs/mnt/nfs<br />
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Thanks
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On my desktop (ubuntu) client machine, I need to mount some resources that are found on a server.  I'd like this mount to happen every time the machine boots, automatically.
The command I'm running is:

(sudo) mount 10.10.1.57:/mnt/nfs/Desktop /mnt/nfs/mnt/nfs

Thanks

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