On 01/08/2013 05:39 PM, Sander Jansen wrote: > I want my media pc to automatically mount several samba shares when they're > accessed. In addition it also needs to wake-up the other machine if it is > currently suspended via WOL. > > From a forum post on xbmc.org (1) I know this can be done using autofs, but > I'd like to see if this can be using systemd alone. I know systemd can > handle the automounting, but what about the WOL? > > Is it as simple as merely providing a dependency to the specific automount > service file to first do the WOL? A oneshot unit? Or perhaps part of the > same unit file with ExecStartPre (if there is such a thing in a automount > file)? > > Any hints or tips? > > Thanks, > > Sander > > [1] http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=118164 Might be simpler to set up your wol servers with "ethtool -s ethX wol u" to wake on unicast messages.