NFS remote folder won't mount at startup

[memory_channel]

Hi

I have an NFS folder on freenas and I'm trying to access it with Debian 9

Using the "mount" command on a terminal works but only with root

But once put on /etc/fstab it doesn't mount on startup, once the system started I have to be on root on terminal and type "mount -a" for it to work

So there seems no way to get to the folder to mount without root privilege, but then what do I have to modify?

Am I missing something?

Thanks

[memory_channel]

applologises

As I confirmed the enttry does work after system started and logged and typed mout -a as root, I assumed the entry is fine and should be something else

here is the entry :

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192.167.1.23:/mnt/file/video /mnt/video nfs rw,async,hard,intr,noexec 0 0

Again the entry works fine once I type mount -a as root

Thanks a lot!

[memory_channel]

This ought to do you - the _netdev tells the system it has to wait for the network.

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192.167.1.23:/mnt/file/video /mnt/video nfs _netdev,rw,async,hard,intr,noexec 0 0

Hope this helps -

unfortunately it doesnt seem to work

I was told I might have to set up a systemd mount unit , never done that before

[kevinthefixer]

Ran into similar problems myself. Not sure why _netdev isn't working for you, but what I did was pass the "users" option in fstab, then run a script as my normal user after logon. It allows normal users to mount the volume. If you're using NetworkManager you can also put the script in its folder to run after the network is up (forget exactly where but look in man networkmanager). Always end such scripts with "exit 0" (that's a zero) so the whole system doesn't end up waiting for your NFS share to mount.