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SYSTEMD-MOUNT(1)                systemd-mount               SYSTEMD-MOUNT(1)

NAME         top

       systemd-mount, systemd-umount - Establish and destroy transient mount
       or auto-mount points

SYNOPSIS         top

       systemd-mount [OPTIONS...] WHAT [WHERE]
       systemd-mount [OPTIONS...] --list
       systemd-mount [OPTIONS...] --umount WHAT|WHERE...

DESCRIPTION         top

       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.
       systemd-umount can be used to unmount a mount or automount point. It
       is the same as systemd-mount--unmount.

OPTIONS         top

       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.
       -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.
       --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         top

       On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code otherwise.

THE UDEV DATABASE         top

       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         top

       systemd(1), mount(8), systemctl(1), systemd.unit(5),
       systemd.mount(5), systemd.automount(5), systemd-run(1)

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