[RESOLVED] Automatic NAS mount

[aeh63]

Hi all,
How do I mount my NAS automatically on startup? Adding it to fstab doesn't work. Manually it works. It works well in Ubuntu 22.04.

[claydoh]

What set of fstab options, exactly, works in Ubuntu? What is working on the command line? As Kubuntu=Ubuntu, there won't be any difference. Mounts there happen before the desktop environment is even loaded.

Any errors in the logs? KSystemLog can help here.

But without knowing *how* you are trying to mount, and maybe *what*, it might be harder to offer good suggestions.

[aeh63]

On my desktop the script resides in rc.local or something, I don't remember because it's been a long time since I installed it. This script does it when running it from the command line: sudo mount xxx.xxx.x.xx:/Public /mnt/NAS. The fstab entry which is commented out for now is like so: xxx.xxx.x.xx/Public /mnt/NAS nfs rx,uid=1000,gid500

[aeh63]

Actually I seem to have gotten it working: added the line to /etc/rc.local, which I had to create first!

[jlittle]

... added the line to /etc/rc.local, which I had to create first!

/etc/rc.local is, or uses, an ancient Unix startup mechanism, which has been superseded by systemd on most Linux distros; systemd usually has a service to run /etc/rc.local if it's present.