CIFS shares fail to mount automatically with the following error: mount: mount.cifs: bad UNC (\CIFS\share)
Issue
CIFS shares are not mounted automatically after RHEL is rebooted
The following errors are printed in /var/log/messages file
systemx mount: mount.cifs: bad UNC (\CIFS\share)
systemx systemd: Failed to mount /CIFS_share_mountpoint
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
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