Decided to drop my permanent mounts and go with automount instead. Why? Well I don’t access those folders all the time, they are mainly for backup so mounting only when I need them seemed like a better idea.
I modified the /etc/auto.master file and created a new file named /etc/auto.nosebleed. Contents shown below.
# auto.master file/mnt/nosebleed /etc/auto.nosebleed -timeout=60 -ghost
# auto.nosebleed filemp3 -fstype=cifs,rw,noperm,guest ://10.0.0.200/Mp3
ebooks -fstype=cifs,rw,noperm,guest ://10.0.0.200/eBooks
movies -fstype=cifs,rw,noperm,guest ://10.0.0.200/Movies
scratch -fstype=cifs,rw,noperm,guest ://10.0.0.200/Scratch
software -fstype=cifs,rw,noperm,guest ://10.0.0.200/Software
tv-shows -fstype=cifs,rw,noperm,guest ://10.0.0.200/Tv-Shows
videos -fstype=cifs,rw,noperm,guest ://10.0.0.200/Videos
My options,
-timeout=60 will set the ideal time for the mount. If there is not activity for 60 seconds the path will be unmounted.
-ghost will enable the user to see the mountable directory without mounting them.