I post the logfile generate in the syslog by automount in debug mode Sep 23 19:43:28 nroc-linux automount[25168]: handle_packet: type = 3 Sep 23 19:43:28 nroc-linux automount[25168]: handle_packet_missing_indirect: token 307, name video, request pid 12909 Sep 23 19:43:28 nroc-linux automount[25168]: attempting to mount entry /home/nicolas/NASNRO/video Sep 23 19:43:28 nroc-linux automount[25168]: lookup_mount: lookup(file): looking up video Sep 23 19:43:28 nroc-linux automount[25168]: lookup_mount: lookup(file): video -> -fstype=cifs,credentials=/home/$USER/.creds-file,user=$USER,uid=$UID,gid=$GID ://192.168.1.9/video Sep 23 19:43:28 nroc-linux automount[25168]: parse_mount: parse(sun): expanded entry: -fstype=cifs,credentials=/home/root/.creds-file,user=root,uid=0,gid=0 ://192.168.1.9/video Sep 23 19:43:28 nroc-linux automount[25168]: parse_mount: parse(sun): gathered options: fstype=cifs,credentials=/home/root/.creds-file,user=root,uid=0,gid=0 Sep 23 19:43:28 nroc-linux automount[25168]: parse_mount: parse(sun): dequote("://192.168.1.9/video") -> ://192.168.1.9/video Sep 23 19:43:28 nroc-linux automount[25168]: parse_mount: parse(sun): core of entry: options=fstype=cifs,credentials=/home/root/.creds-file,user=root,uid=0,gid=0, loc=://192.168.1.9/video Sep 23 19:43:28 nroc-linux automount[25168]: sun_mount: parse(sun): mounting root /home/nicolas/NASNRO, mountpoint video, what //192.168.1.9/video, fstype cifs, options credentials=/home/root/.creds-file,user=root,uid=0,gid=0 Sep 23 19:43:28 nroc-linux automount[25168]: do_mount: //192.168.1.9/video /home/nicolas/NASNRO/video type cifs options credentials=/home/root/.creds-file,user=root,uid=0,gid=0 using module generic Sep 23 19:43:28 nroc-linux automount[25168]: mount_mount: mount(generic): calling mkdir_path /home/nicolas/NASNRO/video Sep 23 19:43:28 nroc-linux automount[25168]: mount_mount: mount(generic): calling mount -t cifs -o credentials=/home/root/.creds-file,user=root,uid=0,gid=0 //192.168.1.9/video /home/nicolas/NASNRO/video Sep 23 19:43:28 nroc-linux automount[25168]: >> error 2 (No such file or directory) opening credential file /home/root/.creds-file Sep 23 19:43:28 nroc-linux automount[25168]: mount(generic): failed to mount //192.168.1.9/video (type cifs) on /home/nicolas/NASNRO/video Sep 23 19:43:28 nroc-linux automount[25168]: dev_ioctl_send_fail: token = 307 Sep 23 19:43:28 nroc-linux automount[25168]: failed to mount /home/nicolas/NASNRO/video Sep 23 19:43:28 nroc-linux automount[25168]: handle_packet: type = 3 Sep 23 19:43:28 nroc-linux automount[25168]: handle_packet_missing_indirect: token 308, name video, request pid 12909 Sep 23 19:43:28 nroc-linux automount[25168]: dev_ioctl_send_fail: token = 308 Sep 23 19:43:28 nroc-linux automount[25168]: st_expire: state 1 path /home/nicolas/NASNRO Sep 23 19:43:28 nroc-linux automount[25168]: expire_proc: exp_proc = 139912387811072 path /home/nicolas/NASNRO Sep 23 19:43:28 nroc-linux automount[25168]: expire_cleanup: got thid 139912387811072 path /home/nicolas/NASNRO stat 0 Sep 23 19:43:28 nroc-linux automount[25168]: expire_cleanup: sigchld: exp 139912387811072 finished, switching from 2 to 1 Sep 23 19:43:28 nroc-linux automount[25168]: st_ready: st_ready(): state = 2 path /home/nicolas/NASNRO -------- The configuration files are (if needed to reproduce this testcase): file /etc/auto.master : /home/nicolas/NASNRO /etc/auto.nasnro --ghost,--timeout=30 file /etc/auto.nasnro : video -fstype=cifs,credentials=/home/$USER/.creds-file,user=$USER,uid=$UID,gid=$GID ://192.168.1.9/video