man/systemd.automount.xml

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<refentry id="systemd.automount">
  <refentryinfo>
    <title>systemd.automount</title>
    <productname>systemd</productname>

    <authorgroup>
      <author>
        <contrib>Developer</contrib>
        <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
        <surname>Poettering</surname>
        <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
      </author>
    </authorgroup>
  </refentryinfo>

  <refmeta>
    <refentrytitle>systemd.automount</refentrytitle>
    <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
  </refmeta>

  <refnamediv>
    <refname>systemd.automount</refname>
    <refpurpose>Automount unit configuration</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>

  <refsynopsisdiv>
    <para><filename><replaceable>automount</replaceable>.automount</filename></para>
  </refsynopsisdiv>

  <refsect1>
    <title>Description</title>

    <para>A unit configuration file whose name ends in
    <literal>.automount</literal> encodes information about a file
    system automount point controlled and supervised by
    systemd.</para>

    <para>This man page lists the configuration options specific to
    this unit type. See
    <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
    for the common options of all unit configuration files. The common
    configuration items are configured in the generic [Unit] and
    [Install] sections. The automount specific configuration options
    are configured in the [Automount] section.</para>

    <para>Automount units must be named after the automount directories they control. Example: the automount point
    <filename noindex='true'>/home/lennart</filename> must be configured in a unit file
    <filename>home-lennart.automount</filename>. For details about the escaping logic used to convert a file system
    path to a unit name see
    <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>. Note that
    automount units cannot be templated, nor is it possible to add multiple names to an automount unit by creating
    additional symlinks to its unit file.</para>

    <para>For each automount unit file a matching mount unit file (see
    <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.mount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
    for details) must exist which is activated when the automount path
    is accessed. Example: if an automount unit
    <filename>home-lennart.automount</filename> is active and the user
    accesses <filename>/home/lennart</filename> the mount unit
    <filename>home-lennart.mount</filename> will be activated.</para>

    <para>Automount units may be used to implement on-demand mounting
    as well as parallelized mounting of file systems.</para>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1>
    <title>Automatic Dependencies</title>

    <para>If an automount unit is beneath another mount unit in the
    file system hierarchy, both a requirement and an ordering
    dependency between both units are created automatically.</para>

    <para>An implicit <varname>Before=</varname> dependency is created
    between an automount unit and the mount unit it activates.</para>

    <para>Automount units acquire automatic <varname>Before=</varname> and <varname>Conflicts=</varname> on
    <filename>umount.target</filename> in order to be stopped during shutdown, unless
    <varname>DefaultDependencies=no</varname> is set in the <literal>[Unit]</literal> section.</para>

  </refsect1>

  <refsect1>
    <title><filename>fstab</filename></title>

    <para>Automount units may either be configured via unit files, or
    via <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> (see
    <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>fstab</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
    for details).</para>

    <para>For details how systemd parses
    <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> see
    <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.mount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>

    <para>If an automount point is configured in both
    <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> and a unit file, the configuration
    in the latter takes precedence.</para>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1>
    <title>Options</title>

    <para>Automount files must include an [Automount] section, which
    carries information about the file system automount points it
    supervises. The options specific to the [Automount] section of
    automount units are the following:</para>

    <variablelist class='unit-directives'>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><varname>Where=</varname></term>
        <listitem><para>Takes an absolute path of a directory of the
        automount point. If the automount point does not exist at time
        that the automount point is installed, it is created. This
        string must be reflected in the unit filename. (See above.)
        This option is mandatory.</para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><varname>DirectoryMode=</varname></term>
        <listitem><para>Directories of automount points (and any
        parent directories) are automatically created if needed. This
        option specifies the file system access mode used when
        creating these directories. Takes an access mode in octal
        notation. Defaults to 0755.</para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
        <term><varname>TimeoutIdleSec=</varname></term>
        <listitem><para>Configures an idle timeout. Once the mount has been
        idle for the specified time, systemd will attempt to unmount. Takes a
        unit-less value in seconds, or a time span value such as "5min 20s".
        Pass 0 to disable the timeout logic. The timeout is disabled by
        default.</para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1>
      <title>See Also</title>
      <para>
        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.mount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
        <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>mount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
        <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>automount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.directives</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
      </para>
  </refsect1>

</refentry>