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.TH "SYSTEMD\&.AUTOMOUNT" "5" "" "systemd 256~rc3" "systemd.automount"
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.SH "NAME"
systemd.automount \- Automount unit configuration
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.PP
\fIautomount\fR\&.automount
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
A unit configuration file whose name ends in
"\&.automount"
encodes information about a file system automount point controlled and supervised by systemd\&. Automount units may be used to implement on\-demand mounting as well as parallelized mounting of file systems\&.
.PP
This man page lists the configuration options specific to this unit type\&. See
\fBsystemd.unit\fR(5)
for the common options of all unit configuration files\&. The common configuration items are configured in the generic [Unit] and [Install] sections\&. The automount specific configuration options are configured in the [Automount] section\&.
.PP
Automount units must be named after the automount directories they control\&. Example: the automount point
/home/lennart
must be configured in a unit file
home\-lennart\&.automount\&. For details about the escaping logic used to convert a file system path to a unit name see
\fBsystemd.unit\fR(5)\&. Note that automount units cannot be templated, nor is it possible to add multiple names to an automount unit by creating symlinks to its unit file\&.
.PP
For each automount unit file a matching mount unit file (see
\fBsystemd.mount\fR(5)
for details) must exist which is activated when the automount path is accessed\&. Example: if an automount unit
home\-lennart\&.automount
is active and the user accesses
/home/lennart
the mount unit
home\-lennart\&.mount
will be activated\&.
.PP
Note that automount units are separate from the mount itself, so you should not set
\fIAfter=\fR
or
\fIRequires=\fR
for mount dependencies here\&. For example, you should not set
\fIAfter=network\-online\&.target\fR
or similar on network filesystems\&. Doing so may result in an ordering cycle\&.
.PP
Note that automount support on Linux is privileged, automount units are hence only available in the system service manager (and root\*(Aqs user service manager), but not in unprivileged users\*(Aq service managers\&.
.PP
Note that automount units should not be nested\&. (The establishment of the inner automount point would unconditionally pin the outer mount point, defeating its purpose\&.)
.SH "AUTOMATIC DEPENDENCIES"
.SS "Implicit Dependencies"
.PP
The following dependencies are implicitly added:
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
If an automount unit is beneath another mount unit in the file system hierarchy, a requirement and ordering dependencies are created to the on the unit higher in the hierarchy\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
An implicit
\fIBefore=\fR
dependency is created between an automount unit and the mount unit it activates\&.
.RE
.SS "Default Dependencies"
.PP
The following dependencies are added unless
\fIDefaultDependencies=no\fR
is set:
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
Automount units acquire automatic
\fIBefore=\fR
and
\fIConflicts=\fR
on
umount\&.target
in order to be stopped during shutdown\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
Automount units automatically gain an
\fIAfter=\fR
dependency on
local\-fs\-pre\&.target, and a
\fIBefore=\fR
dependency on
local\-fs\&.target\&.
.RE
.SH "FSTAB"
.PP
Automount units may either be configured via unit files, or via
/etc/fstab
(see
\fBfstab\fR(5)
for details)\&.
.PP
For details how systemd parses
/etc/fstab
see
\fBsystemd.mount\fR(5)\&.
.PP
If an automount point is configured in both
/etc/fstab
and a unit file, the configuration in the latter takes precedence\&.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
Automount unit files may include [Unit] and [Install] sections, which are described in
\fBsystemd.unit\fR(5)\&.
.PP
Automount unit files must include an [Automount] section, which carries information about the file system automount points it supervises\&. The options specific to the [Automount] section of automount units are the following:
.PP
\fIWhere=\fR
.RS 4
Takes an absolute path of a directory of the automount 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 filename\&. (See above\&.) This option is mandatory\&.
.RE
.PP
\fIExtraOptions=\fR
.RS 4
Extra mount options to use when creating the autofs mountpoint\&. This takes a comma\-separated list of options\&. This setting is optional\&. Note that the usual specifier expansion is applied to this setting, literal percent characters should hence be written as
"%%"\&.
.sp
Added in version 250\&.
.RE
.PP
\fIDirectoryMode=\fR
.RS 4
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\&.
.RE
.PP
\fITimeoutIdleSec=\fR
.RS 4
Configures an idle timeout\&. Once the mount has been idle for the specified time, systemd will attempt to unmount\&. Takes a unit\-less value in seconds, or a time span value such as "5min 20s"\&. Pass 0 to disable the timeout logic\&. The timeout is disabled by default\&.
.sp
Added in version 220\&.
.RE
.PP
Check
\fBsystemd.unit\fR(5),
\fBsystemd.exec\fR(5), and
\fBsystemd.kill\fR(5)
for more settings\&.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
\fBsystemd\fR(1), \fBsystemctl\fR(1), \fBsystemd.unit\fR(5), \fBsystemd.mount\fR(5), \fBmount\fR(8), \fBautomount\fR(8), \fBsystemd.directives\fR(7)
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