Re: Why doesn't this /etc/fstab line parse?

In reply to: Larry Rosenman : "Why doesn't this /etc/fstab line parse?"
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From: <lars.engels_at_0x20.net>
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2024 12:09:54 UTC

> Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org> hat am 12.07.2024 05:31 CEST geschrieben:
> 
>  
> I added this to /etc/fstab:
> ler-qnap.lerctr.org:/nfsdata /qnap nfs nfsv4,minorversion=1 0 0
> 
> and I get:
> ❯ sudo mount /qnap
> fstab: /etc/fstab:5: Inappropriate file type or format
> fstab: /etc/fstab:5: Inappropriate file type or format
> mount: /qnap: unknown special file or file system
> 
> ler in 🌐 playbox in ~
> ❯
> 
> BUT:
> ler in 🌐 playbox in /qnap
> ❯ sudo mount -t nfs -o nfsv4,minorversion=1 ler-qnap.lerctr.org:/nfsdata 
> /qnap
> 
> ler in 🌐 playbox in /qnap
> ❯
> 
> works why?
> 
> 14.1-RELEASE amd64.


You fixed it already but what I usually do in such situation is to mount manually and then run "mount -p" which gives you the correct fstab syntax for currently mounted filesystems.