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Is there a way in /etc/fstab that I can wait for the VPN connection to be made, and then mount the network drives?

Kevin
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  • you can of course combine it in one script; connect to VPN and mount (immediately after connection is established). Is that what you want to achieve? – Jacob Vlijm Apr 30 '14 at 17:59
  • Well... connect happens when the machine starts, so no need to automate that part of it... once that connection is established though, that's when I want to mount the drive(s) – Kevin Apr 30 '14 at 18:01

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if you use the noauto option in the fstab line the filesystem will NOT be automatically mounted at start-up. You can then later mount the filesystem explicitly with a dispatcher script for NetworkManager which is automatically executed when the VPN is successfully connected.

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  • gotcha... think you may take a gander: http://askubuntu.com/questions/458266/l2tp-ipsec-vpn-disconnect-issues – Kevin Apr 30 '14 at 17:53