[deleted] You don't need these options if you set up an automount with systemd.
Agreed, and I've already indicated that I plan to use that method. So please, no further discouragement of fstab options. I already plan to do what you're all telling me to do. In fact, I'm almost finished with it.
What I was ALSO trying to figure out, is what caused the fstab method to stop working, when it had previously been working great with x-systemd for a time, and what might cause that to start working again. Mysteries get my attention.
But that part is far less important to me, and given the amount of anguish it appears to cause, I'm willing to drop it altogether. It's the "as needed" aspect that led to my decision to go with the sytemd file(s). That should save a least 1/2 second or so at startup time.
The only thing that would make me regret using the systemd method will be if Nautilus (and other file managers) don't list the shares in their UI as they do now. They wouldn't be mounted at startup, and that would make it much less convenient to access them. I'll find out once I've changed over.
