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Is there a way to mount/unmount network drive as needed [SOLVED] (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by rando@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I've 2 network drives on one subnet (nfs and samba). I would like to access them only if computer is connected to particular ssid (subnet).

I'm using gnome primarily. And files stops responding if mount points can't be accessed. There is no real way to recover from this apart from connecting to network, unmount and then change network.

I would like those drives to be accessed by system only if they are reachable.

[EDIT][UPDATE]: Following suggestions from comments. I've tried systemd and autofs methods both of them don't work the way I've setup access to mounts. If mount point is in home OR bookmarks in files app, it would hang up as soon as network is disconnected. It works well when mount points are not visible by default (for e.g. /smb/share1). Currently using autofs <- easy and short to setup with mount points under /smb and /nfs

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[–] stupid_asshole69@hexbear.net 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

When using gnome you’re supposed to not have specific filesystems mounted if they’re not gonna be available.

The proscribed solution is to use systemd to figure out if those mount points are available and mount them, but that would have to be coming off networkd instead of fstab which it sounds like is what you’re using.

A script to figure out if the server you want is available before mounting the filesystem would be easy, but a bad idea because that should be handled by your init system (probably systemd as above).

You could also just abandon gnome and use something else.

[–] rando@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

updated OP for now

[–] rando@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Not really tied to gnome, it's just something I'm using. Would KDE work better ?

[–] stupid_asshole69@hexbear.net 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

You’re asking the wrong person, I use lxqt.

Tonight I can see if konqueror (the kde file browser still think…) does the same thing.

How are your network filesystems mounted, fstab?

[–] rando@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

It was through fstab until recently. About 2 weeks back I moved to mount them on demand (systemd, will confirm exact method when I'm in front of computer) however this still doesn't address unmount part when I switch network.

[–] rando@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

just tried Dolphin (KDE file manager) - same experience. Going to experiment with autofs next

[–] stupid_asshole69@hexbear.net 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Man that makes me feel old, apparently konqueror was the kde web browser!

So if I access a smb network share in pcmanfm-qt then switch networks my cursor turns into the watch when I try to click stuff in the share but nothing is hung or stuck and I can just click off it and even unmount using the eject icon beside the share name.

This is using Debian 13 with lxqt.

[–] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I think the problem is NFS more than Gnome - even umount chokes on an unresponsive share

[–] stupid_asshole69@hexbear.net 1 points 2 months ago

Oh shit, you’re right! I assumed the op was trying the same thing on smb and nfs.

Do you think it needs the “soft” option which makes data loss a possibility.