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<refentry id="systemd.mount">
  <refentryinfo>
    <title>systemd.mount</title>
    <productname>systemd</productname>

    <authorgroup>
      <author>
        <contrib>Developer</contrib>
        <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
        <surname>Poettering</surname>
        <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
      </author>
    </authorgroup>
  </refentryinfo>

  <refmeta>
    <refentrytitle>systemd.mount</refentrytitle>
    <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
  </refmeta>

  <refnamediv>
    <refname>systemd.mount</refname>
    <refpurpose>Mount unit configuration</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>

  <refsynopsisdiv>
    <para><filename><replaceable>mount</replaceable>.mount</filename></para>
  </refsynopsisdiv>

  <refsect1>
    <title>Description</title>

    <para>A unit configuration file whose name ends in
    <literal>.mount</literal> encodes information about a file system
    mount point controlled and supervised by systemd.</para>

    <para>This man page lists the configuration options specific to
    this unit type. See
    <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
    for the common options of all unit configuration files. The common
    configuration items are configured in the generic [Unit] and
    [Install] sections. The mount specific configuration options are
    configured in the [Mount] section.</para>

    <para>Additional options are listed in
    <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.exec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
    which define the execution environment the
    <citerefentry project='man-pages'><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, and in
    <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.resource-control</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
    which configure resource control settings for the processes of the
    service. 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 project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>mount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
    will refuse options that are not 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
    <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
    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 an automount
    unit, to allow on-demand or parallelized mounting. See
    <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.automount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>

    <para>If a mount point is beneath another mount point in the file
    system hierarchy, a dependency between both units is created
    automatically.</para>

    <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 unit in systemd. See
    <filename>/proc/self/mountinfo</filename> description in
    <citerefentry project='man-pages'><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-userspace 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>
    <title><filename>fstab</filename></title>

    <para>Mount units may either be configured via unit files, or via
    <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> (see
    <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>fstab</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
    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. 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>

    <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. systemd will create a
    dependency of type <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.</para>

    <variablelist class='fstab-options'>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>x-systemd.requires=</option></term>

        <listitem><para>Configures a <varname>Requires=</varname> and
        an <varname>After=</varname> dependency between the created
        mount unit and another systemd unit, such as a device or mount
        unit. The argument should be a unit name, or an absolute path
        to a device node or mount point.  This option may be specified
        more than once. This option is particularly useful for mount
        point declarations that need an additional device to be around
        (such as an external journal device for journal file systems)
        or an additional mount to be in place (such as an overlay file
        system that merges multiple mount points). See
        <varname>After=</varname> and <varname>Requires=</varname> in
        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
        for details.</para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>x-systemd.requires-mounts-for=</option></term>

        <listitem><para>Configures a
        <varname>RequiresMountsFor=</varname> dependency between the
        created mount unit and other mount units. The argument must be
        an absolute path. This option may be specified more than once.
        See <varname>RequiresMountsFor=</varname> in
        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
        for details.</para></listitem>
       </varlistentry>

      <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.idle-timeout=</option></term>

        <listitem><para>Configures the idleness timeout of the
        automount unit. See <varname>TimeoutIdleSec=</varname> in
        <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>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> or
        <filename>remote-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>nofail</option></term>

        <listitem><para>With <option>nofail</option> this mount will
        be only wanted, not required, by
        <filename>local-fs.target</filename> or
        <filename>remote-fs.target</filename>. This means that the
        boot will continue even if this mount point is not mounted
        successfully.</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 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>
    <title>Options</title>

    <para>Mount files must include a [Mount] section, which carries
    information about the file system mount points it 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>
    and
    <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.kill</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
    The options specific to the [Mount] section of mount units are the
    following:</para>

    <variablelist class='unit-directives'>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><varname>What=</varname></term>
        <listitem><para>Takes an absolute path of a device node, file
        or other resource to mount. See
        <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>mount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
        for details. If this refers to a device node, a dependency on
        the respective device unit is automatically created. (See
        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.device</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
        for more information.) This option is
        mandatory.</para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><varname>Where=</varname></term>
        <listitem><para>Takes an absolute path of a directory of the
        mount point. If the mount point does not exist at the time of
        mounting, it is created. This string must be reflected in the
        unit filename. (See above.) This option is
        mandatory.</para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><varname>Type=</varname></term>
        <listitem><para>Takes a string for the file system type. See
        <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>mount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
        for details. This setting is optional.</para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><varname>Options=</varname></term>

        <listitem><para>Mount options to use when mounting. This takes
        a comma-separated list of options. This 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 project='man-pages'><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 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.</para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><varname>TimeoutSec=</varname></term>
        <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 will be considered failed and be
        shut down again. All commands still running will be terminated
        forcibly via <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. The
        default value is set from the manager configuration file's
        <varname>DefaultTimeoutStart=</varname>
        variable.</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>See Also</title>
      <para>
        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</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.resource-control</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.device</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
        <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>proc</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
        <citerefentry project='man-pages'><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>

</refentry>