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authorLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2010-07-02 01:17:55 +0200
committerLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2010-07-02 01:17:55 +0200
commit65232ea79d8f6b1288c33852f89b575a9200162d (patch)
treeb10c403e286e4453ab44ec3343b37fd3f103a27d
parent1cf18f27331286dfb56d92e1800facf4f696ad27 (diff)
man: document automount units
-rw-r--r--Makefile.am1
-rw-r--r--man/systemd.automount.xml162
-rw-r--r--man/systemd.mount.xml12
-rw-r--r--man/systemd.service.xml5
-rw-r--r--man/systemd.socket.xml31
5 files changed, 194 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 457276ed16..7df50cecc0 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -319,6 +319,7 @@ MANPAGES = \
man/systemd.service.5 \
man/systemd.socket.5 \
man/systemd.mount.5 \
+ man/systemd.automount.5 \
man/daemon.7 \
man/sd-daemon.7 \
man/runlevel.8 \
diff --git a/man/systemd.automount.xml b/man/systemd.automount.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a09839a68d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/systemd.automount.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,162 @@
+<?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*-nxml-*-->
+<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://docbook.sourceforge.net/release/xsl/current/xhtml/docbook.xsl"?>
+<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
+ "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
+
+<!--
+ This file is part of systemd.
+
+ Copyright 2010 Lennart Poettering
+
+ systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ (at your option) any later version.
+
+ systemd is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+-->
+
+<refentry id="systemd.automount">
+ <refentryinfo>
+ <title>systemd.automount</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.automount</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>systemd.automount</refname>
+ <refpurpose>systemd automount configuration files</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <para><filename>systemd.automount</filename></para>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Description</title>
+
+ <para>A unit configuration file whose name ends in
+ <filename>.automount</filename> encodes information
+ about a file system automount 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
+ automount specific configuration options are configured
+ in the [Automount] section.</para>
+
+ <para>Automount units must be named after the file
+ paths they reflect. Example: the automount point
+ <filename>/home/lennart</filename> must be configured
+ in a unit file
+ <filename>home-lennart.automount</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>For each automount unit file a matching mount
+ unit file (see
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.mount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ for details) must exist which is activated when the
+ automount path is accessed. Example: if an automount
+ unit <filename>home-lennart.automount</filename> is
+ active and the user accesses
+ <filename>/home/lennart</filename> the mount unit
+ <filename>home-lennart.mount</filename> will be
+ activated.</para>
+
+ <para>Automount units may be used to implement
+ on-demand mounting as well as parallelized mounting of
+ file systems.</para>
+
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title><filename>fstab</filename></title>
+
+ <para>Automount units may either be configured via unit
+ files, or via <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> (see
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>fstab</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ for details).</para>
+
+ <para>For details how systemd parses
+ <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> see
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.mount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
+
+ <para>If an automount point is configured in both
+ <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> and a unit file the
+ configuration in the latter takes precedence.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Options</title>
+
+ <para>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:</para>
+
+ <variablelist>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>Where=</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>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.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>DirectoryMode=</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>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. Defaults to
+ 0755.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>See Also</title>
+ <para>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.mount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>automount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+</refentry>
diff --git a/man/systemd.mount.xml b/man/systemd.mount.xml
index 275e354d6d..94ed66453a 100644
--- a/man/systemd.mount.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.mount.xml
@@ -55,8 +55,9 @@
<title>Description</title>
<para>A unit configuration file whose name ends in
- .mount encodes information about a file system mount
- point controlled and supervised by systemd.</para>
+ <filename>.mount</filename> 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
@@ -78,6 +79,11 @@
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>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
@@ -117,7 +123,7 @@
this section are shared with other unit types. These
options are documented in
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.exec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>. The
- options specific to the [Mount] section of service
+ options specific to the [Mount] section of mount
units are the following:</para>
<variablelist>
diff --git a/man/systemd.service.xml b/man/systemd.service.xml
index c6fdc0d504..8005a51a47 100644
--- a/man/systemd.service.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.service.xml
@@ -55,8 +55,9 @@
<title>Description</title>
<para>A unit configuration file whose name ends in
- .service encodes information about a process
- controlled and supervised by systemd.</para>
+ <filename>.service</filename> encodes information
+ about a process controlled and supervised by
+ systemd.</para>
<para>This man page lists the configuration options
specific to this unit type. See
diff --git a/man/systemd.socket.xml b/man/systemd.socket.xml
index 65ef8c0b1a..e15ea602f4 100644
--- a/man/systemd.socket.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.socket.xml
@@ -54,10 +54,11 @@
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
- <para>A unit configuration file whose name ends in .socket
- encodes information about an IPC or network socket or
- a file system FIFO controlled and supervised by systemd,
- for socket-based activation.</para>
+ <para>A unit configuration file whose name ends in
+ <filename>.socket</filename> encodes information about
+ an IPC or network socket or a file system FIFO
+ controlled and supervised by systemd, for socket-based
+ activation.</para>
<para>This man page lists the configuration options
specific to this unit type. See
@@ -71,13 +72,15 @@
<para>Additional options are listed in
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.exec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
- <para>For each socket file a matching service file (see <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> for details)
- must exist, describing the service to start on
- incoming traffic on the socket. Depending on the
- setting of <option>Accept=</option> (see below) this
- must either be named like the socket unit, but with
- the suffix replaced; or it must be a template file
- named the same way. Example: a socket file
+ <para>For each socket file a matching service file
+ (see
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ for details) must exist, describing the service to
+ start on incoming traffic on the socket. Depending on
+ the setting of <option>Accept=</option> (see below)
+ this must either be named like the socket unit, but
+ with the suffix replaced; or it must be a template
+ file named the same way. Example: a socket file
<filename>foo.socket</filename> needs a matching
service <filename>foo.service</filename> if
<option>Accept=false</option> is set. If
@@ -85,6 +88,10 @@
file <filename>foo@.service</filename> must exist from
which services are instantiated for each incoming
connection.</para>
+
+ <para>Socket units may be used to implement on-demand
+ starting of services as well as parallelized starting
+ of services.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
@@ -96,7 +103,7 @@
this section are shared with other unit types. These
options are documented in
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.exec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>. The
- options specific to the [Socket] section of service
+ options specific to the [Socket] section of socket
units are the following:</para>
<variablelist>