in a unit file
<filename>home-lennart.mount</filename>. For details
about the escaping logic used to convert a file system
- path to a unit name see
+ path to a unit name, see
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
<para>Optionally, a mount unit may be accompanied by
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
+ configuration of the system manager is reloaded. In
+ general, configuring mount points through
+ <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> is the preferred
+ approach. See
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-fstab-generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
for details about the conversion.</para>
which influence how dependencies are created for mount
points from <filename>/etc/fstab</filename>. systemd
will create a dependency of type
- <option>Wants</option> from either
- <filename>local-fs.target</filename> or
+ <option>Wants</option> or <option>Requires</option>
+ (see option <option>nofail</option> below), from
+ either <filename>local-fs.target</filename> or
<filename>remote-fs.target</filename>, depending
- whether the file system is local or remote. If
- <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. 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>
+ whether the file system is local or remote.</para>
+
+ <variablelist class='fstab-options'>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>x-systemd.automount</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>An automount unit will be created
+ for the file system. See
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.automount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ for details.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>x-systemd.device-timeout=</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>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 append a unit as
+ <literal>s</literal>, <literal>min</literal>,
+ <literal>h</literal>,
+ <literal>ms</literal>.</para>
+
+ <para>Note that this option can only be used in
+ <filename>/etc/fstab</filename>, and will be
+ ignored when part of <varname>Options=</varname>
+ setting in a unit file.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>nofail</option></term>
+ <term><option>fail</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>With <option>nofail</option> this
+ mount will be only wanted, not required, by the
+ <filename>local-fs.target</filename>. This means
+ that the boot will continue even if this mount
+ point is not mounted successfully. Option
+ <option>fail</option> has the opposite meaning and
+ is the default.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>noauto</option></term>
+ <term><option>auto</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>With <option>noauto</option>, this
+ mount will not be added as a dependency for
+ <filename>local-fs.target</filename>. This means
+ that it will not be mounted automatically during
+ boot, unless it is pulled in by some other
+ unit. Option <option>auto</option> has the
+ opposite meaning and is the default.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>x-initrd.mount</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>An additional filesystem to be
+ mounted in the initramfs. See
+ <filename>initrd-fs.target</filename> description
+ in
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.special</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
<para>If a mount point is configured in both
<filename>/etc/fstab</filename> and a unit file that
setting is optional.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>SloppyOptions=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Takes a boolean
+ argument. If true, parsing of the
+ options specified in
+ <varname>Options=</varname> is
+ relaxed, and unknown mount options are
+ tolerated. This corresponds with
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>'s
+ <parameter>-s</parameter>
+ switch. Defaults to
+ off.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>DirectoryMode=</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Directories of mount
Takes a unit-less value in seconds, or
a time span value such as "5min
20s". Pass 0 to disable the timeout
- logic. Default value is setted up in manager configuration
- file via <term><varname>DefaultTimeoutStart=</varname></term>.</para></listitem>
+ logic. The default value is set from the manager configuration
+ file's <varname>DefaultTimeoutStart=</varname> variable.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
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