Permanent mount of Samba share fails

tekno · May 5, 2022 at 10:50 PM

following the guide here for Samba mountiong in Libreelec:

I created the file at /storage/.config/system.d/storage-recordings.mount as directed

Code

[Unit]
Description=cifs mount script
Requires=network-online.service
After=network-online.service
Before=kodi.service

[Mount]
What=//10.0.0.250/xmltv
Where=/storage/.kodi/userdata/addon_data/script.module.zap2epg
Options=username=xmltv,password=xmltv,rw,vers=2.1
Type=cifs

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

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I have tried different Samba version numbers as described in the Samba docs too

When I run "systemctl status storage-recordings.mount" , I see the error

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● storage-recordings.mount - cifs mount script
Loaded: bad-setting (Reason: Unit storage-recordings.mount has a bad unit file setting.)
Active: inactive (dead)
Where: /storage/.kodi/userdata/addon_data/script.module.zap2epg
What: //10.0.0.250/xmltv

I can mount that IP and share from Windows changing out the slashes for backslashes and the directory is also valid.

Is it possible that the system is trying to mount the SMB share before /storage is mounted?

Otherwise as the share is from a raspberry Pi I guess I might as well try NFS.

_-----------------update-------------------------

Just tried NFS and same error.

**chewitt** · May 6, 2022 at 2:43 AM

I have a hunch that the {special} filename is incorrect as normally the filename should match the full path to the mount. However I have no clue how to represent a path with folders that start with or contain periods and underscores. Create a more simple path like /storage/xmltv to mount to, and name the file storage-xmltv.mount. If that works you proved the theory and can hit Google for documentation.

**CvH** · May 6, 2022 at 10:47 AM

Quote from chewitt

However I have no clue how to represent a path with folders that start with or contain periods and underscores

systemd-escape -p --suffix=mount "/your/path-some/where/"

your-path\x2dsome-where.mount

alexdonc · May 20, 2024 at 3:52 PM

Hi all,

I have a similar issue here.

Created a file named storage-win.mount in /storage/.config/system.d

Also created a folder named storage-win in the /storage

Here is the file itself

[Unit]
Description=cifs mount script
Requires=network-online.service
After=network-online.service
Before=kodi.service

[Mount]
What=//192.168.1.152/LibreELEC
Where=/storage/storage-win
Options=username=my_user,password=my_password,rw,vers=2.1
Type=cifs

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Result?

LibreELEC:~ # systemctl start storage-win.mount
Failed to start storage-win.mount: Unit storage-win.mount has a bad unit file setting.

On the other hand, If I do a :

mount -t cifs -o username=my_user//192.168.1.152/LibreELEC /storage
/storage-win

it works like a charm. It simply asks for the password and the folder is mounted.

Where am I wrong?

**mglae** · May 20, 2024 at 11:06 PM

Code

# systemd-analyze verify storage-win.mount
storage-win.mount: Where= setting doesn't match unit name. Refusing.
Unit storage-win.mount has a bad unit file setting.

Create the correct name:

Code

# systemd-escape -p --suffix=mount /storage/storage-win
storage-storage\x2dwin.mount

**chewitt** · May 21, 2024 at 12:38 PM

Quote from alexdonc

Where am I wrong?

/storage/storage-win requires a storage-storage-win.mount file.

/storage/win would match the storage-win.mount file that you created.

alexdonc · May 22, 2024 at 7:46 AM

Quote from chewitt

/storage/storage-win requires a storage-storage-win.mount file.
/storage/win would match the storage-win.mount file that you created.

You mean the file itself would have to be named storage-storage-win.mount? I did this one also. Don't work either....

**mglae** · May 22, 2024 at 4:04 PM

Use the included tool systemd-escape yourself to create the correct file name, see post #5.

This can even be reversed (name to path of the wrong unit name):

Code

# systemd-escape --unescape -p storage-storage-win
/storage/storage/win

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