systemd-mount(1)
NAME
systemd-mount - Establish a mount or auto-mount point transiently
SYNOPSIS
systemd-mount [OPTIONS...] WHAT [WHERE]
systemd-mount [OPTIONS...] --list
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 containing a file system
(e.g. "/dev/sdb1"), which is then probed for a label and other
metadata, and is mounted to a directory whose name is generated from
the label. In this mode the block device 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 instead of a regular mount point is created (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 yet. 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.
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.
--no-pager
Do not pipe output into a pager.
--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 time-out, 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", "ext4",
...). If omitted (or set to "auto") the file system is determined
automatically.
--options=, -o
Additional mount options for the mount point.
--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=
Takes a boolean argument, defaults to off. 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 enabled, the
automount point will be removed automatically when the backing
device vanishes. If disabled the automount point 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.
--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 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.
-M, --machine=
Execute operation on a local container. Specify a container name to
connect to.
-h, --help
Print a short help text and exit.
--version
Print a short version string and exit.
EXIT STATUS
On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code otherwise.
THE UDEV DATABASE
If --discover is used, systemd-mount honors a couple of additional udev
properties of block devices:
SYSTEMD_MOUNT_OPTIONS=
The mount options to use, if --options= is not used.
SYSTEMD_MOUNT_WHERE=
The file system path to place the mount point at, instead of the
automatically generated one.
SEE ALSO
systemd(1), mount(8), systemctl(1), systemd.unit(5), systemd.mount(5),
systemd.automount(5), systemd-run(1)
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