Re: [PATCH] nfs.man: document incompatibility between "bg" option and systemd.

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On Tue, 30.05.17 08:19, NeilBrown (neilb@xxxxxxxx) wrote:

> 
> Systemd does not, and will not, support "bg" correctly.
> It has other, better, ways to handle "background" mounting.
> 
> Explain this.
> 
> See also https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/6046
> 
> Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  utils/mount/nfs.man | 18 +++++++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/utils/mount/nfs.man b/utils/mount/nfs.man
> index cc6e992ed807..7e76492d454f 100644
> --- a/utils/mount/nfs.man
> +++ b/utils/mount/nfs.man
> @@ -372,6 +372,21 @@ Alternatively these issues can be addressed
>  using an automounter (refer to
>  .BR automount (8)
>  for details).
> +.IP
> +When
> +.B systemd
> +is used to mount the filesystems listed in
> +.IR /etc/fstab ,
> +the
> +.B bg
> +option is not supported, and may be stripped from the option list.
> +Similar functionality can be achieved by providing the
> +.B x-system.automount

The option is called "x-systemd.automount", i.e. one more "d".

> +option.  This will cause
> +.B systemd
> +to attempt to mount the filesystem when the mountpoint is first
> +accessed, rather than during system boot.  The mount still happens in
> +the "background", though in a different way.

Looks good to me otherwise!

Lennart

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Lennart Poettering, Red Hat
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