# Remote Mount Point in FSTAB **URL:** \ **Category:** SLES Configure-Administer\ **Created:** [April 27, 2012, 5:53am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/remote-mount-point-in-fstab/22557 "2012-04-27T05:53:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![carnold6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3bc359/32.png) [@carnold6](https://forums.suse.com/u/carnold6)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 5:53am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/remote-mount-point-in-fstab/22557/1 "2012-04-27T05:53:26Z")
SLES11 SP1 64 bit. I have a nas share that i would like to mount at boot time. The path to the nas share is //nas/Backup. If i edit fstab to look like this: `/dev/sdb2 swap swap defaults 0 0 /dev/sda1 / ext3 acl,user_xattr 1 1 /dev/sdb1 /opt ext3 acl,user_xattr 1 2 [B]//nas/Backup/BCS /media/NAS/Backup cifs defaults 0 0[/B] proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 sysfs /sys sysfs noauto 0 0 debugfs /sys/kernel/debug debugfs noauto 0 0 usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs noauto 0 0 devpts /dev/pts devpts mode=0620,gid=5 0 0` Would this work or would this break something? When i run: ```auto mount.cifs //nas/Backup/BCS/Server /mnt/Backup/BCS/Server ``` i am prompted for a password. So i run: ```auto mount.cifs //nas/Backup/BCS/Server /mnt/Backup/BCS/Server -o user=admin ``` and this mounts when i enter the password. ---
**Author:** ![malcolmlewis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/malcolmlewis/32/11375_2.png) [@malcolmlewis](https://forums.suse.com/u/malcolmlewis)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 6:07am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/remote-mount-point-in-fstab/22557/2 "2012-04-27T06:07:41Z")
> [@carnold6](#): > > SLES11 SP1 64 bit. I have a nas share that i would like to mount at boot > time. The path to the nas share is //nas/Backup. If i edit fstab to look > like this: > > ` > 2 //NAS/BACKUP/BCS /MEDIA/NAS/BACKUP CIFS DEFAULTS 0 0 ` Hi Use \_netdev rather than defaults ```auto //nas/Backup/BCS/Server /mnt/Backup/BCS/Server cifs guest,_netdev 0 0 or //nas/Backup/BCS/Server /mnt/Backup/BCS/Server cifs username=server_user,password=secret,_netdev 0 0 ``` \_netdev delays the mounting to allow for the network. – Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890) openSUSE 12.1 (x86\_64) Kernel 3.1.10-1.9-desktop up 1 day 0:14, 4 users, load average: 0.00, 0.01, 0.08 CPU Intel i5 CPU M520@2.40GHz | Intel Arrandale GPU ---
**Author:** ![carnold6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3bc359/32.png) [@carnold6](https://forums.suse.com/u/carnold6)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 4:17am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/remote-mount-point-in-fstab/22557/3 "2012-05-07T04:17:33Z")
Thanks Malcolm. I just encountered an issue of running out of disk space!! Which makes no sense to me (either I did something wrong or this is the way it works in Linux). It appears that the mount point also stored ALL the backups on /!! The backups are on the nas and /mnt/Backup/BCS/Server/… It’s my understanding that the data on the mount should not be in both places? ---
**Author:** ![malcolmlewis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/malcolmlewis/32/11375_2.png) [@malcolmlewis](https://forums.suse.com/u/malcolmlewis)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 4:30am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/remote-mount-point-in-fstab/22557/4 "2012-05-07T04:30:00Z")
> [@carnold6](#): > > Thanks Malcolm. I just encountered an issue of running out of disk > space!! Which makes no sense to me (either I did something wrong or this > is the way it works in Linux). It appears that the mount point also > stored ALL the backups on /!! The backups are on the nas and > /mnt/Backup/BCS/Server/… It’s my understanding that the data on the > mount should not be in both places? Hi Strange… Can you post the output from [/CODE] mount cat /etc/fstab df -k [/CODE] Please munge any sensitive information before posting 😉 – Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890) openSUSE 12.1 (x86\_64) Kernel 3.1.10-1.9-desktop up 1 day 23:21, 5 users, load average: 0.00, 0.04, 0.14 CPU Intel i5 CPU M520@2.40GHz | Intel Arrandale GPU