automatically mount/unmount cifs upon pinging host

[alzambo]

Hi,
I need to build a shell script that periodically checks if a lan host is online and mount or unmount (if mounted) consequentially a cifs / smb folder, making available as smb network folder for the lan.

I'm kind a newbie in linux, knowing only some basic stuff... but i'd like to learn... is there someone that could help me?

Thank you
Alex - Italy

[sprinkmeier]

An alternative might be to use autofs to mount the folder ony if/when required.

Un-mounting when the host is no longer up might not work too well.

This should get you going:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Autofs

[alzambo]

Thank you, I'll give it a try

Alex

[alzambo]

Finally I managed to configure it correctly... is seems a very good solution!
Only a little bit of lag (about 10 sec) when trying to enter a mounted share that is offline but I can survive that!

Thank you sprinkmeier!
Alex