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<refnamediv>
<refname>systemd.mount</refname>
- <refpurpose>systemd mount configuration files</refpurpose>
+ <refpurpose>Mount unit configuration</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
in the [Mount] section.</para>
<para>Additional options are listed in
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.exec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.exec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ which define the execution environment the
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ binary is executed in, and in
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.kill</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ which define the way the processes are
+ terminated. Note that the User= and Group= options are
+ not particularly useful for mount units specifying a
+ <literal>Type=</literal> option or using configuration
+ not specified in <filename>/etc/fstab</filename>;
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ will refuse options that aren't listed in
+ <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> if it is not run as
+ UID 0.</para>
<para>Mount units must be named after the mount point
directories they control. Example: the mount point
mounting. See
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.automount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
- <para>If an mount point is beneath another mount point
+ <para>If a mount point is beneath another mount point
in the file system hierarchy, a dependency between both
units is created automatically.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
- <title><filename>fstab</filename></title>
+ <title><filename>/etc/fstab</filename></title>
<para>Mount units may either be configured via unit
files, or via <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> (see
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>fstab</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- for details).</para>
+ for details). Mounts listed in
+ <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> will be converted into
+ native units dynamically at boot and when the
+ configuration of the system manager is reloaded. See
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-fstab-generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ for details about the conversion.</para>
<para>When reading <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> a
few special mount options are understood by systemd
which influence how dependencies are created for mount
- points from <filename>/etc/fstab</filename>. If
- <option>comment=systemd.mount</option> is specified as
- mount option, then systemd will create a dependency of
- type <option>Wants</option> from either
+ points from <filename>/etc/fstab</filename>. systemd
+ will create a dependency of type
+ <option>Wants</option> from either
<filename>local-fs.target</filename> or
<filename>remote-fs.target</filename>, depending
whether the file system is local or remote. If
- <option>comment=systemd.automount</option> is set, an
- automount unit will be created for the file system. See
+ <option>x-systemd.automount</option> is set, an
+ automount unit will be created for the file
+ system. See
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.automount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- for details.</para>
+ for details. If
+ <option>x-systemd.device-timeout=</option> is
+ specified it may be used to configure how long systemd
+ should wait for a device to show up before giving up
+ on an entry from
+ <filename>/etc/fstab</filename>. Specify a time in
+ seconds or explicitly specify a unit as
+ <literal>s</literal>, <literal>min</literal>,
+ <literal>h</literal>, <literal>ms</literal>.</para>
<para>If a mount point is configured in both
<filename>/etc/fstab</filename> and a unit file, the
supervises. A number of options that may be used in
this section are shared with other unit types. These
options are documented in
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.exec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>. The
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.exec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ and
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.kill</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>. The
options specific to the [Mount] section of mount
units are the following:</para>
<term><varname>Where=</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Takes an absolute path
of a directory of the mount point. If
- the mount point is not existing at
+ the mount point does not exist at the
time of mounting, it is created. This
string must be reflected in the unit
file name. (See above.) This option is
<listitem><para>Mount options to use
when mounting. This takes a comma
- seperated list of options. This
+ separated list of options. This
setting is optional.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
are automatically created if
needed. This option specifies the file
system access mode used when creating
- these directories. Defaults to
+ these directories. Takes an access
+ mode in octal notation. Defaults to
0755.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
will be terminated forcibly via
SIGTERM, and after another delay of
this time with SIGKILL. (See
- <option>KillMode=</option> below.)
+ <option>KillMode=</option> in
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.kill</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.)
Takes a unit-less value in seconds, or
a time span value such as "5min
20s". Pass 0 to disable the timeout
logic. Defaults to
- 60s.</para></listitem>
+ 90s.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+
+ <para>Check
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.exec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ and
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.kill</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ for more settings.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Compatibility Options</title>
+
+ <para>The following option is also available in the
+ <literal>[Mount]</literal> section, but exists purely
+ for compatibility reasons and should not be used in
+ newly written mount files.</para>
+ <variablelist>
<varlistentry>
- <term><varname>KillMode=</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>Specifies how
- processes of this mount shall be
- killed. One of
- <option>control-group</option>,
- <option>process-group</option>,
- <option>process</option>,
- <option>none</option>.</para>
-
- <para>This option is mostly equivalent
- to the <option>KillMode=</option>
- option of service files. See
+ <term><varname>FsckPassNo=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>The pass number for
+ the file system checking service for
+ this mount. See
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- for details.</para></listitem>
+ for more information on this setting.
+ </para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>See Also</title>
<para>
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.exec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.kill</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.device</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-fstab-generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>