systemd/man/systemd.automount.xml

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<refentry id="systemd.automount" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
  <refentryinfo>
    <title>systemd.automount</title>
    <productname>systemd</productname>
  </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. Automount units may be used to
    implement on-demand mounting as well as parallelized mounting of file systems.</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 index="false">/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 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>Note that automount units are separate from the mount itself, so you
    should not set <varname>After=</varname> or <varname>Requires=</varname>
    for mount dependencies here. For example, you should not set
    <varname>After=network-online.target</varname> or similar on network
    filesystems. Doing so may result in an ordering cycle.</para>

    <para>Note that automount support on Linux is privileged, automount units are hence only available in the
    system service manager (and root's user service manager), but not in unprivileged users' service
    managers.</para>

    <para>Note that automount units should not be nested. (The establishment of the inner automount point
    would unconditionally pin the outer mount point, defeating its purpose.)</para>
  </refsect1>

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

    <refsect2>
      <title>Implicit Dependencies</title>

      <para>The following dependencies are implicitly added:</para>

      <itemizedlist>
        <listitem><para>If an automount unit is beneath another mount unit in the file system hierarchy, a
        requirement and ordering dependencies are created to the on the unit higher in the hierarchy.
        </para></listitem>

        <listitem><para>An implicit <varname>Before=</varname> dependency is created between an automount
        unit and the mount unit it activates.</para></listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
    </refsect2>

    <refsect2>
      <title>Default Dependencies</title>

      <para>The following dependencies are added unless <varname>DefaultDependencies=no</varname> is set:</para>

      <itemizedlist>
        <listitem><para>Automount units acquire automatic <varname>Before=</varname> and
        <varname>Conflicts=</varname> on <filename>umount.target</filename> in order to be stopped during
        shutdown.</para></listitem>

        <listitem><para>Automount units automatically gain an <varname>After=</varname> dependency
        on <filename>local-fs-pre.target</filename>, and a <varname>Before=</varname> dependency on
        <filename>local-fs.target</filename>.</para></listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
    </refsect2>
  </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 unit files may include [Unit] and [Install] sections, which are described in
    <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
    </para>

    <para>Automount unit 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>ExtraOptions=</varname></term>
        <listitem><para>Extra mount options to use when creating the autofs
        mountpoint. This takes a comma-separated list of options. This setting
        is optional. Note that the usual specifier expansion is applied to this
        setting, literal percent characters should hence be written as
        <literal class='specifiers'>%%</literal>.</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>

    <xi:include href="systemd.service.xml" xpointer="shared-unit-options" />
  </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>