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<refnamediv>
<refname>systemd.automount</refname>
- <refpurpose>systemd automount configuration files</refpurpose>
+ <refpurpose>Automount unit configuration</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
- <para><filename>systemd.automount</filename></para>
+ <para><filename><replaceable>automount</replaceable>.automount</filename></para>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<para>A unit configuration file whose name ends in
- <filename>.automount</filename> encodes information
+ <literal>.automount</literal> encodes information
about a file system automount point controlled and
supervised by systemd.</para>
<para>Automount units must be named after the
automount directories they control. Example: the
- automount point <filename>/home/lennart</filename>
+ 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 systems.</para>
<para>If an automount point is beneath another mount
- point in the file system hierarchy a dependency
+ point in the file system hierarchy, a dependency
between both units is created automatically.</para>
</refsect1>
<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
+ <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> and a unit file, the
configuration in the latter takes precedence.</para>
</refsect1>
specific to the [Automount] section of automount units
are the following:</para>
- <variablelist>
+ <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 is not
- existing at time of the automount
- point is installed it is created. This
+ 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
- file name. (See above.) This option is
+ 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. 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>
<refsect1>
<title>See Also</title>
<para>
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <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><refentrytitle>mount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>automount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>automount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.directives</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>