What I'm Trying to Accomplish
Upload images (drag and drop or from file browser upload screen) to Dreamstime via a samba network share.

What I've Tried
This does not work, but does work when the files are local on the computer.
I used to use Autofs, but switched from a large desktop computer to a raspberry pi and an external SSD, and cannot for the life of me get autofs to work on the computers on the network with the pi. I've spent hours trying to configure the auto.fs files and nothing works, the mount directories just disappear when I restart the service and there's no access...
So, we're currently simply accessing the network via smb://networkshare.local
The files are clearly visible but do not upload to websites. (we also cannot open them from a file browser in programs like Libre Office but we can double-click on them and they load and save just fine.)

What I'd Like to Have
I'd like to have the network share automatically mounted and acting like a local filesystem (which is what autofs accomplished, and avoided all the fstab mounting mess when the network went down --T-mobile's router and internet often bomb and need reset and this threw the entire system into a tizzy when I wasn't using autofs).

Any tips/ideas/suggestions on how I can either upload from the network or how I can simply accomplish having the network share automounted?

You want to post your request for assistance in the Server forum.

autofs as well as systemd automount should work with network shares. What linux distributions are running on the computers?

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/autofs

Autofs is giving me such fits.

I'm running Kubuntu on the computers that I want autofs to mount with. The PI is running raspian.

x-systemd.automount is a bit easier to setup versus autofs IMHO.

Any chance you have handy a tutorial/manual on x-systemd.automount?

Basic options but add specific for your samba shares.
Are you also trying to use autofs on the Pi?

Are you also trying to use autofs on the Pi?[/QUOTE]

It's installed on the pi, but I'm not trying to access anything from it. I just want to take a samba share of the external SSD that's attached to it and access it from a desktop and a laptop. I currently access another desktop "server" on our network with an internal drive and it's worked fine for years, but that computer is slowly dying, and I'd like to access the network the same way for the sake of the rest of the family. Less change is better.

I have played with nfs and sshfs using x-systemd.automount and they work fine.