man: use <literal> not <filename> for suffixes

[elogind.git] / man / systemd.mount.xml

diff --git a/man/systemd.mount.xml b/man/systemd.mount.xml
index ddaa3ce744f5b15da1237aa57789298f1bec9250..c57f613290dc3d95590152700837d078dd57981e 100644 (file)
--- a/man/systemd.mount.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.mount.xml
@@ -44,18 +44,18 @@
 
         <refnamediv>
                 <refname>systemd.mount</refname>
 
         <refnamediv>
                 <refname>systemd.mount</refname>

-                <refpurpose>systemd mount configuration files</refpurpose>
+                <refpurpose>Mount unit configuration</refpurpose>

         </refnamediv>
 
         <refsynopsisdiv>
         </refnamediv>
 
         <refsynopsisdiv>

-                <para><filename>systemd.mount</filename></para>
+                <para><filename><replaceable>mount</replaceable>.mount</filename></para>

         </refsynopsisdiv>
 
         <refsect1>
                 <title>Description</title>
 
                 <para>A unit configuration file whose name ends in
         </refsynopsisdiv>
 
         <refsect1>
                 <title>Description</title>
 
                 <para>A unit configuration file whose name ends in

-                <filename>.mount</filename> encodes information about
+                <literal>.mount</literal> encodes information about

                 a file system mount point controlled and supervised by
                 systemd.</para>
 
                 a file system mount point controlled and supervised by
                 systemd.</para>
 


@@ -72,11 +72,21 @@
                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.exec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                 which define the execution environment the
                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                 <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.</para>
+                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
 
                 <para>Mount units must be named after the mount point
                 directories they control. Example: the mount point

-                <filename>/home/lennart</filename> must be configured
+                <filename noindex='true'>/home/lennart</filename> must be configured

                 in a unit file
                 <filename>home-lennart.mount</filename>. For details
                 about the escaping logic used to convert a file system
                 in a unit file
                 <filename>home-lennart.mount</filename>. For details
                 about the escaping logic used to convert a file system


@@ -88,14 +98,25 @@
                 mounting. See
                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.automount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
 
                 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>
 
                 in the file system hierarchy, a dependency between both
                 units is created automatically.</para>
 

-                <para>Mount points created at runtime independent on
-                unit files or <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> will be
+                <para>Mount points created at runtime (independently of
+                unit files or <filename>/etc/fstab</filename>) will be

                 monitored by systemd and appear like any other mount
                 monitored by systemd and appear like any other mount

-                unit in systemd.</para>
+                unit in systemd.
+                See <filename>/proc/self/mountinfo</filename> description
+                in <citerefentry><refentrytitle>proc</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
+                </para>
+
+                <para>Some file systems have special semantics as API
+                file systems for kernel-to-userspace and
+                userspace-to-userpace interfaces. Some of them may not
+                be changed via mount units, and cannot be disabled.
+                For a longer discussion see <ulink
+                url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/APIFileSystems">API
+                File Systems</ulink>.</para>

         </refsect1>
 
         <refsect1>
         </refsect1>
 
         <refsect1>


@@ -104,7 +125,12 @@
                 <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>
                 <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
 
                 <para>When reading <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> a
                 few special mount options are understood by systemd


@@ -125,13 +151,21 @@
                 should wait for a device to show up before giving up
                 on an entry from
                 <filename>/etc/fstab</filename>. Specify a time in
                 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 specifiy a unit as
+                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
                 <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
-                configuration in the latter takes precedence.</para>
+                <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> and a unit file that
+                is stored below <filename>/usr</filename> the former
+                will take precedence. If the unit file is stored below
+                <filename>/etc</filename> it will take
+                precedence. This means: native unit files take
+                precedence over traditional configuration files, but
+                this is superseded by the rule that configuration in
+                <filename>/etc</filename> will always take precedence
+                over configuration in
+                <filename>/usr</filename>.</para>

         </refsect1>
 
         <refsect1>
         </refsect1>
 
         <refsect1>


@@ -142,11 +176,13 @@
                 supervises. A number of options that may be used in
                 this section are shared with other unit types. These
                 options are documented in
                 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>
 
                 options specific to the [Mount] section of mount
                 units are the following:</para>
 

-                <variablelist>
+                <variablelist class='unit-directives'>

 
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><varname>What=</varname></term>
 
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><varname>What=</varname></term>


@@ -167,17 +203,17 @@
                                 <term><varname>Where=</varname></term>
                                 <listitem><para>Takes an absolute path
                                 of a directory of the mount point. If
                                 <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
                                 time of mounting, 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>Type=</varname></term>
                                 <listitem><para>Takes a string for the
                                 mandatory.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><varname>Type=</varname></term>
                                 <listitem><para>Takes a string for the

-                                filesystem type. See
+                                file system type. See

                                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                                 for details. This setting is
                                 optional.</para></listitem>
                                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                                 for details. This setting is
                                 optional.</para></listitem>


@@ -187,8 +223,8 @@
                                 <term><varname>Options=</varname></term>
 
                                 <listitem><para>Mount options to use
                                 <term><varname>Options=</varname></term>
 
                                 <listitem><para>Mount options to use

-                                when mounting. This takes a comma
-                                separated list of options. This
+                                when mounting. This takes a
+                                comma-separated list of options. This

                                 setting is optional.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                                 setting is optional.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 


@@ -209,52 +245,46 @@
                                 <listitem><para>Configures the time to
                                 wait for the mount command to
                                 finish. If a command does not exit
                                 <listitem><para>Configures the time to
                                 wait for the mount command to
                                 finish. If a command does not exit

-                                within the configured time the mount
+                                within the configured time, the mount

                                 will be considered failed and be shut
                                 down again. All commands still running
                                 will be terminated forcibly via
                                 will be considered failed and be shut
                                 down again. All commands still running
                                 will be terminated forcibly via

-                                SIGTERM, and after another delay of
-                                this time with SIGKILL. (See
-                                <option>KillMode=</option> below.)
+                                <constant>SIGTERM</constant>, and after another delay of
+                                this time with <constant>SIGKILL</constant>. (See
+                                <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
                                 90s.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
                                 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
                                 90s.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>

+                </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</option>,
-                                <option>none</option>.</para>
-
-                                <para>This option is mostly equivalent
-                                to the <option>KillMode=</option>
-                                option of service files. See
-                                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
-                                for details.</para></listitem>
-                        </varlistentry>
+                <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>

 
 

-                        <varlistentry>
-                                <term><varname>KillSignal=</varname></term>
-                                <listitem><para>Specifies which signal
-                                to use when killing a process of this
-                                mount. Defaults to SIGTERM.
-                                </para></listitem>
-                        </varlistentry>
+        <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 class='unit-directives'>

                         <varlistentry>
                         <varlistentry>

-                                <term><varname>SendSIGKILL=</varname></term>
-                                <listitem><para>Specifies whether to
-                                send SIGKILL to remaining processes
-                                after a timeout, if the normal
-                                shutdown procedure left processes of
-                                the mount around. Takes a boolean
-                                value. Defaults to "yes".
+                                <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 more information on this setting.

                                 </para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
                 </variablelist>
                                 </para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
                 </variablelist>


@@ -267,8 +297,13 @@
                           <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>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>systemd.device</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,

-                          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>proc</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-fstab-generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.directives</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>

                   </para>
         </refsect1>
 
                   </para>
         </refsect1>