[GH-ISSUE #1646] Wiki FAQ Misleading on Ubuntu fstab #864

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opened 2026-03-04 01:49:29 +03:00 by kerem · 2 comments

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Originally created by @AnastasiusVivaldus on GitHub (May 4, 2021).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/s3fs-fuse/s3fs-fuse/issues/1646

The Wiki FAQ is misleading. I am using an AWS EC2 instance with Ubuntu Server 20.04. The wiki says that to automount on reboot I need to add this to the /etc/fstab file:

<bucket name> <mount point> fuse.s3fs _netdev, 0 0

I don't think this is correct; Ubuntu does not support netfs, so _netdev doesn't do anything. I did find that the following format worked though:

BUCKET_NAME /path/to/mount fuse.s3fs allow_other,passwd_file=/path/to/home/.passwd-s3fs 0 0

Originally created by @AnastasiusVivaldus on GitHub (May 4, 2021). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/s3fs-fuse/s3fs-fuse/issues/1646 The [Wiki FAQ](https://github.com/s3fs-fuse/s3fs-fuse/wiki/FAQ) is misleading. I am using an AWS EC2 instance with Ubuntu Server 20.04. The wiki says that to automount on reboot I need to add this to the /etc/fstab file: ``` <bucket name> <mount point> fuse.s3fs _netdev, 0 0 ``` I don't think this is correct; Ubuntu does not support netfs, so _netdev doesn't do anything. I did find that the following format worked though: ``` BUCKET_NAME /path/to/mount fuse.s3fs allow_other,passwd_file=/path/to/home/.passwd-s3fs 0 0 ```

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@skepticalwaves commented on GitHub (Aug 15, 2021):

According to elsewhere, this is the systemd way of automounting network drives

x-systemd.automount,x-systemd.requires=network-online.target

@skepticalwaves commented on GitHub (Aug 15, 2021): According to elsewhere, this is the systemd way of automounting network drives ``` x-systemd.automount,x-systemd.requires=network-online.target ```

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@overtone1000 commented on GitHub (Sep 10, 2021):

@MagnusBrzenk Thanks!

@overtone1000 commented on GitHub (Sep 10, 2021): @MagnusBrzenk Thanks!