Mounting a CIFS share automatically at boot fails, but works after a delay

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Issue

  • The file /etc/init.d/netfs cannot mount a CIFS share during boot:
        kernel:  CIFS VFS: Error connecting to IPv4 socket. Aborting operation
        kernel:  CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -113

  • After booting, it is possible to mount the share with mount -a or with /etc/init.d/netfs:

    netfs: Mounting CIFS filesystems:  succeeded
netfs: Mounting other filesystems:  succeeded

  • CIFS share will not mount automatically during boot, only after a delay.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.7

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