CIFS share not getting mounted after reboot "cifs_mount failed w/return code = -2"

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • CIFS not mounted properly after reboot on CIFS client.Failing to mount automatically after reboot.
Apr 22 14:07:33  systemd: Mounting /interface/sheets...
Apr 22 14:07:34  mount: mount error(2): No such file or directory
Apr 22 14:07:34  mount: Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g. man mount.cifs)
Apr 22 14:07:34  kernel: CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -2
Apr 22 14:07:34  systemd: interface-sheets.mount mount process exited, code=exited status=32
Apr 22 14:07:34  systemd: Failed to mount /interface/sheets.
Apr 22 14:07:34  systemd: Dependency failed for Remote File Systems.
Apr 22 14:07:34  systemd: Job remote-fs.target/start failed with result 'dependency'.
Apr 22 14:07:34  systemd: Unit interface-sheets.mount entered failed state.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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