Network manager will often not load on boot & causes problems with automountss

Please see → [root tip] [How To] systemd mount unit samples

These lines is likely to cause issues. Please remove them from both files

When the mount unit specifices _netdev it is implied by systemd the units require network to be functional.

Move the credentials to /etc/samba. The argument for not storing in the users home is availability of the device or partition where the user’s home is located.

Use file_mode=0666,dir_mode=0777 instead

in this context - of no use - remove

in this context - of no use - remove