DESCRIPTION¶
systemd-mount may be used to create and start a transient
.mount or .automount unit of the file system WHAT on the mount point
WHERE.
In many ways, systemd-mount is similar to the lower-level
mount(8) command, however instead of executing the mount operation
directly and immediately, systemd-mount schedules it through the
service manager job queue, so that it may pull in further dependencies (such
as parent mounts, or a file system checker to execute a priori), and may
make use of the auto-mounting logic.
The command takes either one or two arguments. If only one
argument is specified it should refer to a block device or regular file
containing a file system (e.g. "/dev/sdb1" or
"/path/to/disk.img"). The block device or image file is then
probed for a file system label and other metadata, and is mounted to a
directory below /run/media/system/ whose name is generated from the file
system label. In this mode the block device or image file must exist at the
time of invocation of the command, so that it may be probed. If the device
is found to be a removable block device (e.g. a USB stick), an automount
point is created instead of a regular mount point (i.e. the
--automount= option is implied, see below).
If two arguments are specified, the first indicates the mount
source (the WHAT) and the second indicates the path to mount it on
(the WHERE). In this mode no probing of the source is attempted, and
a backing device node doesn't have to exist. However, if this mode is
combined with --discover, device node probing for additional metadata
is enabled, and – much like in the single-argument case discussed
above – the specified device has to exist at the time of invocation
of the command.
Use the --list command to show a terse table of all local,
known block devices with file systems that may be mounted with this
command.
systemd-umount can be used to unmount a mount or automount
point. It is the same as systemd-mount --umount.
OPTIONS¶
The following options are understood:
--no-block
Do not synchronously wait for the requested operation to
finish. If this is not specified, the job will be verified, enqueued and
systemd-mount will wait until the mount or automount unit's start-up is
completed. By passing this argument, it is only verified and enqueued.
-l, --full
Do not ellipsize the output when --list is
specified.
--no-pager
Do not pipe output into a pager.
--no-legend
Do not print the legend, i.e. column headers and the
footer with hints.
--no-ask-password
Do not query the user for authentication for privileged
operations.
--quiet, -q
Suppresses additional informational output while
running.
--discover
Enable probing of the mount source. This switch is
implied if a single argument is specified on the command line. If passed,
additional metadata is read from the device to enhance the unit to create. For
example, a descriptive string for the transient units is generated from the
file system label and device model. Moreover if a removable block device (e.g.
USB stick) is detected an automount unit instead of a regular mount unit is
created, with a short idle timeout, in order to ensure the file-system is
placed in a clean state quickly after each access.
--type=, -t
Specifies the file system type to mount (e.g.
"vfat" or "ext4"). If omitted or set to "auto",
the file system type is determined automatically.
--options=, -o
Additional mount options for the mount point.
--owner=USER
Let the specified user USER own the mounted file
system. This is done by appending uid= and gid= options to the
list of mount options. Only certain file systems support this option.
--fsck=
Takes a boolean argument, defaults to on. Controls
whether to run a file system check immediately before the mount operation. In
the automount case (see --automount= below) the check will be run the
moment the first access to the device is made, which might slightly delay the
access.
--description=
Provide a description for the mount or automount unit.
See
Description= in
systemd.unit(5).
--property=, -p
Sets a unit property for the mount unit that is created.
This takes an assignment in the same format as
systemctl(1)'s
set-property command.
--automount=
Takes a boolean argument. Controls whether to create an
automount point or a regular mount point. If true an automount point is
created that is backed by the actual file system at the time of first access.
If false a plain mount point is created that is backed by the actual file
system immediately. Automount points have the benefit that the file system
stays unmounted and hence in clean state until it is first accessed. In
automount mode the
--timeout-idle-sec= switch (see below) may be used
to ensure the mount point is unmounted automatically after the last access and
an idle period passed.
If this switch is not specified it defaults to false. If not
specified and --discover is used (or only a single argument passed,
which implies --discover, see above), and the file system block
device is detected to be removable, it is set to true, in order to increase
the chance that the file system is in a fully clean state if the device is
unplugged abruptly.
-A
Equivalent to --automount=yes.
--timeout-idle-sec=
Takes a time value that controls the idle timeout in
automount mode. If set to "infinity" (the default) no automatic
unmounts are done. Otherwise the file system backing the automount point is
detached after the last access and the idle timeout passed. See
systemd.time(7) for details on the time syntax supported. This option
has no effect if only a regular mount is established, and automounting is not
used.
Note that if --discover is used (or only a single argument
passed, which implies --discover, see above), and the file system
block device is detected to be removable, --timeout-idle-sec=1s is
implied.
--automount-property=
Similar to --property=, but applies additional
properties to the automount unit created, instead of the mount unit.
--bind-device
This option only has an effect in automount mode, and
controls whether the automount unit shall be bound to the backing device's
lifetime. If set, the automount unit will be stopped automatically when the
backing device vanishes. By default the automount unit stays around, and
subsequent accesses will block until backing device is replugged. This option
has no effect in case of non-device mounts, such as network or virtual file
system mounts.
Note that if --discover is used (or only a single argument
passed, which implies --discover, see above), and the file system
block device is detected to be removable, this option is implied.
--list
Instead of establishing a mount or automount point, print
a terse list of block devices containing file systems that may be mounted with
"systemd-mount", along with useful metadata such as labels,
etc.
-u, --umount
Stop the mount and automount units corresponding to the
specified mount points WHERE or the devices WHAT.
systemd-mount with this option or systemd-umount can take
multiple arguments which can be mount points, devices, /etc/fstab style node
names, or backing files corresponding to loop devices, like systemd-mount
--umount /path/to/umount /dev/sda1 UUID=xxxxxx-xxxx LABEL=xxxxx
/path/to/disk.img. Note that when -H or -M is specified,
only absolute paths to mount points are supported.
-G, --collect
Unload the transient unit after it completed, even if it
failed. Normally, without this option, all mount units that mount and failed
are kept in memory until the user explicitly resets their failure state with
systemctl reset-failed or an equivalent command. On the other hand,
units that stopped successfully are unloaded immediately. If this option is
turned on the "garbage collection" of units is more aggressive, and
unloads units regardless if they exited successfully or failed. This option is
a shortcut for
--property=CollectMode=inactive-or-failed, see the
explanation for
CollectMode= in
systemd.unit(5) for further
information.
--user
Talk to the service manager of the calling user, rather
than the service manager of the system.
--system
Talk to the service manager of the system. This is the
implied default.
-H, --host=
Execute the operation remotely. Specify a hostname, or a
username and hostname separated by "@", to connect to. The hostname
may optionally be suffixed by a port ssh is listening on, separated by
":", and then a container name, separated by "/", which
connects directly to a specific container on the specified host. This will use
SSH to talk to the remote machine manager instance. Container names may be
enumerated with machinectl -H HOST. Put IPv6 addresses in
brackets.
-M, --machine=
Execute operation on a local container. Specify a
container name to connect to, optionally prefixed by a user name to connect as
and a separating "@" character. If the special string
".host" is used in place of the container name, a connection to the
local system is made (which is useful to connect to a specific user's user
bus: "--user --machine=lennart@.host"). If the "@" syntax
is not used, the connection is made as root user. If the "@" syntax
is used either the left hand side or the right hand side may be omitted (but
not both) in which case the local user name and ".host" are
implied.
-h, --help
Print a short help text and exit.
--version
Print a short version string and exit.
