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.TH "SYSTEMD\&.AUTOMOUNT" "5" "10/07/2013" "systemd" "systemd.automount"
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.SH "NAME"
systemd.automount \- systemd automount configuration files
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.PP
systemd\&.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\&.
.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)\&.
.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
Automount units may be used to implement on\-demand mounting as well as parallelized mounting of file systems\&.
.PP
If an automount point is beneath another mount point in the file system hierarchy a dependency between both units is created automatically\&.
.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 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 is not existing at time of the automount point is installed it is created\&. This string must be reflected in the unit file name\&. (See above\&.) This option is mandatory\&.
.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
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP

\fBsystemd\fR(1),
\fBsystemctl\fR(8),
\fBsystemd.unit\fR(5),
\fBsystemd.mount\fR(5),
\fBmount\fR(8),
\fBautomount\fR(8)
.SH "AUTHOR"
.PP
\fBLennart Poettering\fR <\&lennart@poettering\&.net\&>
.RS 4
Developer
.RE