Questions tagged [fstab]
The configuration file /etc/fstab contains the necessary information to automate the process of mounting partitions.
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PHP-FPM starts before the web folder mounts in /etc/fstab, throws error
I'm running a LAEMP reverse proxy server on Arch in the cloud.
I have my nextcloud/data folder mounted to an attached storage drive at /mnt/hdd/nextcloud/data, linked to /srv/www/nextcloud/data.
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Alpine Linux 3.17 does not mount CephFS during boot
I have configured a CephFS fuse mount in fstab on my Alpine Linux 3.17 as follows:
none /data fuse.ceph ceph.id=filer,ceph.client_mds_namespace=files,_netdev 0 0
When I issue a mount -a the filesystem ...
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fstab wrong uuid and server in emergency mode
I copied from an old server setup to fstab (unsure now why I did so), and with it I overwrote the correct uuid. When I rebooted the server it started in emergency mode and I suspect the reason is that ...
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How do I prevent a faulty USB drive from freezing my Ubuntu server?
I have an issue where a mounted external USB hard drive fails, this causes the IO Wait of the system to spike (I can see this in Grafana) but shortly after the system becomes completely unresponsive, ...
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Bind on cifs filesystem overmounts when using `mount -a`
I am using following cifs mount and bind:
//myfiler.example.com/share /mnt/mount-path cifs vers=3.0,credentials=/root/.cred,gid=0,uid=0 0 0
/mnt/mount-path/folder-in-share /mnt/archiv ...
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Broken fstab, lvm root file system ubuntu (22.04) urgent help pls - possibly solved but verify pls
I was adding some nfs links to fstab but a stray process filled disk so I lost fstab when trying to save. Am trying to recreate, machine is still live.
Found some helpful links, used blkid and think I ...
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Linux changes mount point permissions after reboot
This is specifically on Ubuntu 20.04, but I believe the behavior is common:
Please take this fstab entry, creating a read-only mount:
/data/testDir/iso/ubuntu-20.04.4-live-server-amd64.iso /data/...
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Mount encfs mountpoint in fstab with extpass
I am trying to mount an encfs mountpoint at boot via fstab on an Ubuntu 22.04 x64 server.
Here is my current fstab:
encfs#/content /decrypted-content fuse extpass=/root/passwd-encfs 0 0
/root/passwd-...
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setfacl operation not supported ubuntu wsl
i want to set acl certain file in /var/www/html/index.htm inside Ubuntu WSL 20.04 (win 10) using :
$ sudo setfacl -m u:wira:rwx sshd_config
setfacl: sshd_config: Operation not supported
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dns cifs share entry in fstab not re-mounted on IP change, while used by smbd
I set up a CIFS share on my ubuntu
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
Release: 20.04
using an fstab entry:
//mystr.myserver.com/backup /mnt/mystr cifs iocharset=...
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New LVM VDO logical volume inactive at startup, even with "--activate y" parameter
I'm trying to make LVM VDO work on my Debian 11.3 (test VM installed from scratch). I've shared my installation procedure here if someone wants to reproduce the problem. Now I'm stuck with a "...
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Server stucked in reboot
When I reboot the server, it is getting stucked here.
It may have problem with this webdav mounting in fstab:
https://webdavdir /home/user/Maildir davfs rw,uid=user,gid=user,file_mode=0660,dir_mode=...
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Hardening /home Directory via /etc/fstab
I am on Ubunto 20.04 server using a single partition at / for all directories as I am running web & mail servers. I hardened tmp , /var/tmp , & /run/shm using:
none /tmp tmpfs nodev,...
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Mount qcow2 image on boot using fstab
I'm intending to make individual directories snapshotable in order to be able to experiment and rollback. Since there are many such directories and their contents can vary in size, solutions such as ...
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Is UID required when providing a GID in an fstab entry for an ntfs drive?
I have an Ubuntu Server 20.04 installed on a Raspberry Pi 4. I am trying to mount a hard drive that should be accessible by two different samba users (user1, uid=1001 and user2, uid=1002). I created a ...
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Restrict user's access to only one directory
ServerA needs to have a directory of ServerB mounted in a location, with write permissions.
I've been using SSHFS for this. I find SSHFS being very stable (100% reliable), while NFS was not so stable, ...
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`findmnt` and `ls` still see a physically disconnected external storage drive
Here is an /etc/fstab record example of one of the mounts as per x-systemd.automount and other goodies:
UUID=XXXX-XXXX /media/XXXX-XXXX auto noauto,nofail,nouser,uid=root,gid=users,umask=007,X-mount....
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Does `mount -a` make sure that I have a correct /etc/fstab file
Once a while, I need to adjust mountpoints of a server and it is not always possible for me to reboot the system right away. Therefore, to check if my revision to /etc/fstab is correct, usually I do ...
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How to reduce a partition size on Centos 6.10
I'm trying to reduce the size of a partition in a Centos 10 system. I created a bootable thumb drive with Gparted, but it showed no space available to reduce the partition.
So I tried resizing the ...
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NFS mount is gone after reboot, but present in fstab
I have added the following to /etc/fstab, which I understood would automatically mount upon startup of the machine.
192.168.1.236:/volume1/Media /nfs/plex nfs auto,nofail,noatime,nolock,intr,tcp,...
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How to mount glusterfs at boot in centOS 7 lxc container?
Need to get a glusterfs volume mounted in a centos 7 lxc container.
found this and can do it manually ok...
But it seems that adding it in the fstab doesnt work because it gets executed before gluster ...
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Why doesn't mount wait for systemd.fsck to finish running?
Whenever systemd.fsck actually has to do a repair* at boot time, automatic mounting of my partition fails because the mount command doesn't wait until systemd.fsck@dev-sda1.service is done.
How do I ...
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replace phases of fsck in fstab
I'm searching some way to replace fsck phases in my fstab file but only for line which contains specific path.
currently fstab looks like that:
/dev/mapper/vgroot-root / xfs defaults ...
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Same NFS share on different clients with different local users
I have a NFS share on Netapp that is mounted on a RHEL client and I've set its owner and group owner from this client with chown command. User and group are local on this server. I mount the same ...
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What's the most failsafe way to mount remote filesystems at boot?
I am tasked with managing a complex structure of Linux (CentOS 8) VMs and hardware, hosting among other things various SMB and NFS exports. Most of them are simultaneously servers and clients, of one ...
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What is the proper way to configure /etc/fstab on an ec2 instance?
I'm new to ec2 and don't know much about /etc/fstab.
In addition to the root volume on my ec2 instances, I have a volume mounted to /data and a third volume for swap.
I'm having trouble figuring out ...
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Parse error for /etc/fstab trying to mount smb share
I am using FileMaker Server 19 in CentOS 7.8 and trying to mount a smb share for the backup of databases.
I have entered into fstab:
"//172.30.x.x/CentOS /opt/FileMaker/FileMaker\040Server/Data/...
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Apache to share a /mount where the web page is stored using the networked connection. This worked using xampp ugh. Now using ubuntu
So this page Where to put the web pages in /var/www/ or /var/www/html/ in apache? is similar to what I am asking. The rules wont allow me to ask joining questions to expand on that discussion. There ...
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LVM Logical Volumes will not activate on Cloudlinux 7.8
Recently, after a reboot, the system landed in Emergency Mode. The cause appears to be that the system is failing to mount a few of the disks as defined in /etc/fstab. These disks are Logical Volumes.
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SSHFS mount from fstab fails to authenticate
I created SSH key and transferred it to my target device using ssh-copy-id and now I can ssh targetUsername@targetHost -p 8798 without providing RSA key nor password for targetUsername@targetHost ...
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NFS4 and bind mount issues
Ok guys I have a weird issue.
After recently adding a bind mount 2 folders deep inside an existing NFS4 export, when I mount that NFS export on my client, it leads directly to the bind mount. No ...
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How to move a subvolume to a new drive in btrfs?
I am trying to move my /srv, /var/lib/mysql and /home directory to another drive ( a bigger one with RAID1).
I did some research on how to go about doing this and I kind of did most of it.
However, ...
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How to run kinit as root before automounting mutiuser cifs mounts?
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I'm setting up multi-user CIFS mounts in an Active Directory environment under CentOS 8.2. The storage server supports SMB3.1.1 protocol.
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I could easily integrate the system to the ...
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Can all docker volumes be into a partition and would it be good for backup -cloning- purposes? (ex:/var/lib/docker/volumes/ in /dev/sdb1 @fstab)
I'm thinking of migrating all our documents and spreadsheets infrastrucure from and old standalone samba server to one of those popular self-hosted solutions and I'm trying to do the best long-lasting ...
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Cloud Linux 7 mount /tmp with exec in fstab
I have the following fstab
UUID=3d301281-7be7-4a53-8f19-42f8c7d061d2 / xfs defaults,uquota 0 0
#/usr/swpDSK swap swap defaults 0 0
#/usr/tmpDSK /tmp ext3 ...
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log in fails when mount point changes
I am mounting a windows 10 share on a Centos 7 machine via /etc/fstab like so:
//10.11.11.7/shared_folder /path/to/mount_point cifs user,rw,suid,uid=0,gid=1111,username=win_user,password=win_user,...
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gcsfuse automount on a non root user
Currently I have a VM that runs CentOS 7 and would like to auto mount a bucket using a non root user.
I have installed NextCloud and would like to point local data folder to Google Cloud Storage.
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How to STOP nfs from trying (and retrying) to mount an offline server
I have a home server running ubuntu which exports a nfs volume which I'm mounting on my laptop like this
-> % cat /etc/fstab
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media:/mnt/data /home/alf/media nfs _netdev 0 0
All is ...
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GCSFuse keeps generating dummy files on mounted bucket that can't be deleted due to retention policy
I'm currently setting up a GCP storage bucket on my instance which will be used for backups. I have currently configured fstab to mount the bucket on startup using the following config.
cpanel1-vm-...
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NFS Stale File Handle After NFS Server Reboots: Why Does This Happen and How Does Industry Handle This?
This problem has been driving me crazy.
I have an NFS server with NFS shares mounted on various clients. However, whenever I have to reboot the NFS server, I invariably end up with a bunch of "Stale ...
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Unable to mount via /etc/fstab
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Bringing up a new server, I have the following situation. I can mount the device at /dev/sda1 manually via this command:
mount /dev/sda1 /owncloud
But when I use the recommended approach (UUID)...
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Why /tmp is bound in /tmp ? How can I remove this bound
In Scientific Linux 6, a clone of RHEL6, I have the following mtab file:
/dev/sda2 / ext4 rw 0 0
proc /proc proc rw 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs rw 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,gid=5,mode=620 0 0
tmpfs /dev/...
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How to map a UUID directly to both a device name (e.g. /dev/sda1) AND a mount point (e.g. /mnt/home2)?
I know how to map /etc/fstab to the mount point with the device name:
/dev/sdb1 /mnt/home2 ext4 usrjquota=quota.user,jqfmt=vfsv0 0 0
This practice is however highly ...
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repair file system by edit the fstab file
is it possible to run xfs repair by re-edit the fstab file?
/dev/mapper/vg-linux_root / xfs defaults 0 0
UUID=7de1dc5c-b605-4a6f-bdf1-f1e869f6ffb9 /boot xfs ...
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How to move /var back to Root from a different filesystem
I need to move my /var (dev/sdc1) back to the / (dev/sda2) from a different file system. I've resized the / partition and want to move /var back to / partition and resize /dev/sdc1 filesystem to mount ...
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FSTAB CIFS kerberos
How can I force fstab to mount CIFS with machine account kerberos?
From logs it shows that cifs.upcall goes to:
cifs.upcall: get_cachename_from_process_env: cachename = FILE:/tmp/krb5cc
and not on /...
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Unable to mount cifs share in fstab with spaces in share name
I'm running a Debian Squeeze system and trying to mount a windows share in /etc/fstab. I've got an existing cifs mount working, but it's a simple //xx.xx.xx.xx/sharename situation. This second one isn'...
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Run ZFS as non-root
I'm running Debian 10 in a VM (using KVM) and I want to use ZFS as a non-root user. Here is what I did.
I added this line to my sources.list file
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian buster-backports ...
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ssh connection refused after editing fstab in Google cloud vm
I'm getting ssh: connect to host xx.xx.xx.xx port 22: Connection refused after updating fstab for mounting Google bucket. fstab entry that I have added is as follows,
bucket mount_point fuse rw,...
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Raid filesystem check or mount failed (after probable physical shock)
I was redirected here from askubuntu.
I work on a server where the operating system is installed on an SSD but data storage is on internal harddrives set up in a RAID system. Recently I have been ...
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