Public bug reported: Binary package hint: mountall
It is legal (and easy enough) in /etc/fstab to bind mount part of a NFS file system to somewhere else. But, this does not work reliably with the current /etc/init scripts. Essentially, mountall needs to be run again, after NFS mounting completes. Here's my use case (lines from /etc/fstab): # Mount hard disk: UUID=7c697461-7f39-4d53-a257-4c681d990866 / ext4 relatime,errors=remount-ro 0 1 # Mount NFS from server: desk.lan:/ /export/big nfs4 defaults,soft 0 0 # Bind some remote directories into each home directory: /export/big/gpk /home/gpk/n bind defaults,bind 0 0 /export/big/MyDocuments/gpk /home/gpk/MyDocuments bind defaults,bind 0 0 Often, on boot, /home/gpk/n and /home/gpk/MyDocuments are missing. You can make them appear with "sudo mount -a", which suggests that mountall needs to be called again. Possibly, this could be handled inside mountall? It could take the responsibility for re-trying bind mounts after NFS mounts succeed? $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 9.10 Release: 9.10 $ This is running karmic, updated as of this morning. So, it's the -beta or -rc. ** Affects: mountall (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- upstart/mountall doesn't handle bind mounts reliably https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/459642 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs