SOLVED Yet another Newbie Wants to add TrueNAS to my fstab

[CJRoss]

I mean that it works less great if the network connection back to the NAS is unstable (e.g. moving around between WiFi networks).

Interesting. I would have thought Autofs would automatically handle reconnecting better. I'm wired so I've never tried it.

 

[Ericloewe]

Well, it's down to what the desktop environment is doing. If the right sequence of actions takes place, it's easiest to reboot to get it working again.

 

[Becca Putman]

One last entry from me in this thread. I got the basic mounts working nicely, but I could not write to the drives. I did some looking up on a couple of Linux forums, and got it working. So for anyone in the future who is having trouble like I had, here is the final result with instructions on how to do it:

Code:

# TrueNAS mounts
//<<IP to your TrueNAS>>/<<TrueNAS share name>>     /media/<<directory on your machine>>     cifs  rw,uid=1000,gid=1000,credentials=/etc/samba/.smbcredentials,users,noauto,x-systemd.automount,x-systemd.mount-timeout=30,_netdev  0  0

Notes for fstab
~~ ~ ~~ ~ ~~ ~ ~~ ~
Bear in mind that I've changed names above to more generic names. Look for things enclosed in chevrons, thusly: <<your username>>. Copying this verbatim will not work.

Using admin privs, copy the fstab file in the /home/<<your username>>/notes-to-do directory into the /etc directory. (My notes-to-do directory holds all the stuff I add onto Linux after install it. Again.)

Using admin privs, go into /media and create however many directories you need, each called different names that you'll want to use. Make sure they have the same ownership and priviliges as the /media/<<directory on your machine>> directory does.

Using admin privs, create a .smbcredentials (again, use your own naming conventions) and put it someplace safe. I put mine in /etc/samba. That credentials file needs to contain:

Code:

username=<<your username>>
password=<<your password>>
domain=<<your domain name>>

Make sure that the TrueNAS machine is up and running.

Reboot your Linux box.