CentOS - Aug 2017 - more questions on setting up autofs on C7

On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 08:53:17PM -0700, Gordon Messmer
wrote:
> On 08/23/2017 02:31 PM, Fred Smith wrote:
> >do I need to reboot or something to get autofs to forget about them
> >being in /mnt?
> 
> 
> No, you need to figure out what program, not autofs, is trying to
> access /mnt/syno-fredex and /mnt/syno-public.
> 
> You moved the mounts, but some program still expects those paths to
> exist.  autofs is just telling you that some other program is still
> looking in that location.
 
Gordon, thanks for the followup.

I have a desktop icon for opening a window in each of those two mounts
(the mounts occur at system boot), the icons are backed up by .desktop files:

cat NAS-fredex.desktop
#!/usr/bin/env xdg-open

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Link
Icon[en_US]=system-logo-icon
Name[en_US]=NAS-fredex
URL=/mounts/syno-fredex
Name=NAS-fredex
Icon=/usr/share/icons/mate/48x48/places/network_local.png


cat NAS-public.desktop
#!/usr/bin/env xdg-open

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Link
Icon[en_US]=system-logo-icon
Name[en_US]=NAS-public
URL=/mounts/syno-public
Name=NAS-public
Icon=/usr/share/icons/mate/48x48/places/network_local.png

if I click one of those then run systemctl status autofs I see one
of those errors show up. If I click on it again, there are two
errors. if I click on the other one, a third error shows up.

nothing else I've tried seems to cause them to show up.

as you can see, neither of them refers to the old mount point on /mnt.

I know you can't look thru my  computer and see what's wrong, but
I'm
puzzl-ified, since /mnt/syno-public isn't mentioned anywhere in the
.desktop files. If you can think of anything else that might be happening,
I'd appreciate your wisdom.

thanks once again!

Fred

-- 
---- Fred Smith -- fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us
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                    The Lord detests the way of the wicked 
                  but he loves those who pursue righteousness.
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On 08/24/2017 06:55 PM, Fred Smith wrote:
> if I click one of those then run systemctl status autofs I see one
> of those errors show up. If I click on it again, there are two
> errors. if I click on the other one, a third error shows up.

Does your file manager have some other link to the old locations?  A 
"favorites" entry?  Something in the sidebar?  More than likely, your 
file manager is trying to check the old location, not for its primary 
view which is /mounts/something, but for some other reason.

On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 11:04:05PM -0700, Gordon Messmer
wrote:
> On 08/24/2017 06:55 PM, Fred Smith wrote:
> >if I click one of those then run systemctl status autofs I see one
> >of those errors show up. If I click on it again, there are two
> >errors. if I click on the other one, a third error shows up.
> 
> 
> Does your file manager have some other link to the old locations?  A
> "favorites" entry?  Something in the sidebar?  More than likely,
> your file manager is trying to check the old location, not for its
> primary view which is /mounts/something, but for some other reason.
don't think so. I'm running the Mate desktop. Original install was
Gnome (which is I assume what you are thinking of) but I never use
it, can't stand Gnome-3.x.

Don't know of anything in mate that would do th at, but I'll do some
digging around.

thanks once again!

-- 
---- Fred Smith -- fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us
-----------------------------
                        The Lord is like a strong tower. 
             Those who do what is right can run to him for safety.
--------------------------- Proverbs 18:10 (niv) -----------------------------