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[elogind.git] / man / systemd.automount.xml
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                 automount specific configuration options are configured
                 in the [Automount] section.</para>
 
-                <para>Automount units must be named after the file
-                paths they reflect. Example: the automount point
-                <filename>/home/lennart</filename> must be configured
-                in a unit file
+                <para>Automount units must be named after the
+                automount directories they control. Example: the
+                automount point <filename>/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
@@ -92,6 +92,9 @@
                 on-demand mounting as well as parallelized mounting of
                 file systems.</para>
 
+                <para>If an automount point is beneath another mount
+                point in the file system hierarchy a dependency
+                between both units is created automatically.</para>
         </refsect1>
 
         <refsect1>
 
                         <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. Defaults to
+                                <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>
                 </variablelist>