The default sample config files were causing me an issue so I just renamed them and told autofs where to go to look for the correct ones.
That’s the best way I can describe it. I had to setup auto.master, auto.nfs, autofs.conf, and I had to edit the sytemd service file for autofs to uncomment some lines.
I was able to setup a wildcard entry so I can easily mount any shares from my server without additional entries.
The setup for SMB is similar with credentials stored in a auto.smb file.
I now feel like a kid who just learned how to tie his shoes, lol.
It actually works! I just go to the folder I mounted it to and it connects and then after 5 minutes of not being used, it goes inactive until I open the folder again, then it reconnects. Should help with network traffic locally to and from the server as well.
I restarted and the mounts were there waiting for me.
This was a major hurdle for me, now I can move on to deeper testing.
The printer thing is not a big deal, I can just use it from the Windows PC for now until I have time to deal with that minor issue. It’s not like I print a lot of stuff these days anyway.