i forget: sometime my pc is off (in this case i don’t go to shared repertory with OSMC. Will it be ok to shutdown my PC with autofs ?
Yes, that is the “auto” part
Pas certain de bien comprendre ce qu’il faut faire… je fais un sudo autofs et ensuite ? c un script ou une fois pour toute ? mon partage est SMB (repertoire partagé sur le PC)
Merci
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Not sure I understand what to do… I run a sudo autofs and then what? Is it a script or is it a one-time thing? My share is SMB (shared directory on the PC).
Thanks
Yes, it’s a one time thing to configure it and then your shared directory will be available on the Vero as a local folder
I read the documentation you provide but i dont’ understand what i have to do… Sorry my skiils are very low… Is it a graphical or simple way to do it ? (i have always latency to connect on first time SMB shared repertory on my PC) … kr
There is no GUI way to do it but it should be just a handful of CLI commands. If you want to try it we can try to talk you through it.
Thanks you Fzinken,
I did:
“Sudo apt-get install autofs”
I don’t undersand how mounted a shared repertory on my pc.
I have the local IP of my PC (192.168.x.y), a user name (zzz), a password (yyy)
My repertory can be see on shared workgroup by others PC and OSMC when i mount SMB.
I would like to mount this shared PC repertory on my OSMC to avoid the latency when i first connect to it.
What is the name of the share?
“avoir” is the name of the repository on my pc
Ok here is what to do
sudo nano /etc/auto.master
and add to the end of the file:
/- /etc/auto.smb.shares --timeout 15 browse
(Don’t forget to save the file: CTRL-O ENTER CTRL-X)
Next you need to create a map to the share:
sudo nano /etc/auto.smb.shares
and add
/mnt/avoir -fstype=cifs,username=your_username,password=your_password,iocharset=utf8,uid=osmc,gid=osmc ://192.168.x.y/avoir
Ensure to replace x.y with correct IP and your_username and your_password with your respective username/password (I hope they don’t contain a space).
(Don’t forget to save the file: CTRL-O ENTER CTRL-X)
After that sudo systemctl restart autofs
Now you should see your PC files via
ls -lah /mnt/avoir
Thanks, i did exacly and i have 
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4.0K Apr 15 16:17 .
drwxr-xr-x 21 root root 4.0K Apr 5 15:46 …
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Apr 15 16:17 avoir
osmc@osmcvero5:~$ ls -lah /mnt/avoir
ls: cannot open directory ‘/mnt/avoir’: No such file or directory
the directory existe in mnt but it’s empty
if i trey to open it in GUI (winscp) i have :
Fichier ou répertoire inexistant
Code d’erreur : 2
Message d’erreur du serveur : No such file
/mnt/avoir -fstype=cifs,username=user,password=pdw,iocharset=utf8,uid=osmc,gid=osmc ://192.168.yy.zz/avoir
i change user and pdw by real one (also yy and zz
osmc@osmcvero5:~$ sudo service autofs stop
osmc@osmcvero5:~$ sudo automount -f -v -d
Starting automounter version 5.1.7, master map /etc/auto.master
using kernel protocol version 5.02
lookup_nss_read_master: reading master file /etc/auto.master
do_init: parse(sun): init gathered global options: (null)
lookup_read_master: lookup(file): read entry +dir:/etc/auto.master.d
lookup_nss_read_master: reading master dir /etc/auto.master.d
lookup_read_master: lookup(dir): scandir: /etc/auto.master.d
lookup_read_master: lookup(file): read entry +auto.master
lookup_nss_read_master: reading master files auto.master
do_init: parse(sun): init gathered global options: (null)
lookup_read_master: lookup(file): read entry /-
master_do_mount: mounting /-
automount_path_to_fifo: fifo name /var/run/autofs.fifo–
lookup_nss_read_map: reading map file /etc/auto.smb.shares
do_init: parse(sun): init gathered global options: (null)
mounted direct on /mnt/avoir with timeout 15, freq 4 seconds
do_mount_autofs_direct: mounted trigger /mnt/avoir
st_ready: st_ready(): state = 0 path /-
When you run the debug command did you tried ls -lah /mnt/avoir from second window?
When you try to run ls in the another window you should see something like
do_mount_autofs_direct: mounted trigger /mnt/avoir
st_ready: st_ready(): state = 0 path /-
handle_packet: type = 5
handle_packet_missing_direct: token 54, name /mnt/avoir, request pid 9347
attempting to mount entry /mnt/avoir
lookup_mount: lookup(file): looking up /mnt/avoir
lookup_mount: lookup(file): /mnt/avoir -> -fstype=cifs,r
i’m not sure to undestand.
When i launch :
osmc@osmcvero5:~$ sudo service autofs stop
osmc@osmcvero5:~$ sudo automount -f -v -d
I have :
Starting automounter version 5.1.7, master map /etc/auto.master
using kernel protocol version 5.02
lookup_nss_read_master: reading master file /etc/auto.master
do_init: parse(sun): init gathered global options: (null)
lookup_read_master: lookup(file): read entry +dir:/etc/auto.master.d
lookup_nss_read_master: reading master dir /etc/auto.master.d
lookup_read_master: lookup(dir): scandir: /etc/auto.master.d
lookup_read_master: lookup(file): read entry +auto.master
lookup_nss_read_master: reading master files auto.master
do_init: parse(sun): init gathered global options: (null)
lookup_read_master: lookup(file): read entry /-
master_do_mount: mounting /-
automount_path_to_fifo: fifo name /var/run/autofs.fifo–
lookup_nss_read_map: reading map file /etc/auto.smb.shares
do_init: parse(sun): init gathered global options: (null)
mounted direct on /mnt/avoir with timeout 15, freq 4 seconds
do_mount_autofs_direct: mounted trigger /mnt/avoir
st_ready: st_ready(): state = 0 path /-
And it is blocked, i have to run a CTRL-C to stop. After i have :
master_do_mount: mounting /-
automount_path_to_fifo: fifo name /var/run/autofs.fifo–
lookup_nss_read_map: reading map file /etc/auto.smb.shares
do_init: parse(sun): init gathered global options: (null)
mounted direct on /mnt/AVOIR with timeout 15, freq 4 seconds
do_mount_autofs_direct: mounted trigger /mnt/AVOIR
st_ready: st_ready(): state = 0 path /-
^Cdo_notify_state: signal 2
master_notify_state_change: sig 2 switching /- from 1 to 5
st_prepare_shutdown: state 1 path /-
expire_proc: exp_proc = 4093637680 path /-
expire_cleanup: got thid 4093637680 path /- stat 0
expire_cleanup: sigchld: exp 4093637680 finished, switching from 5 to 7
st_shutdown: state 5 path /-
umount_multi: path /mnt/AVOIR incl 0
umounted direct mount /mnt/AVOIR
automount_path_to_fifo: fifo name /var/run/autofs.fifo–
shut down path /-
autofs stopped
osmc@osmcvero5:~$
Before having the prompt again
Open a second window/ssh session and run ls /mnt/avoir in that window while the first one is “blocked”
During the first SSH windows is blocket on a seco,d i have launched a ls /mnt/avoir and i have the same ::
osmc@osmcvero5:~$ ls /mnt/avoir
ls: cannot access ‘/mnt/avoir’: No such file or directory
osmc@osmcvero5:~$
And what do you have in first window?
There should be additional lines when you do the ls