>>> Anoop Karollil <[email protected]> schrieb am 07.01.2020 um 23:50 in Nachricht <cagayzyuficuy5vzopp2bfoxiujmxayrkn_hafvho4gflucv...@mail.gmail.com>: > Hello, > > I see that a mount unit with `Options=bind` set creates the resource > to be mounted, specified by `What`, in addition to the mount point, > specified by `Where`, when they don't exist.
Personally I think a mount operation should not create any missing directory, because a missing directory indicates some type of configuration problem that should be solved by hand. > > Manual page at > https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd.mount.html > mentions that the mount point will be created if it doesn't exist for > `Where`. But doesn't mention that this applies to `What` too in the > case of bind mounts. I think this is the change that added this > behaviour: > https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/2b583ce6576d4a074ce6f1570b3e60b65c6 > 4ae7d#diff‑df9fd757e73e7f659350e8a76994d42f. > I found it a little surprising, especially since the behaviour is > described for `Where` but not for `What`. So maybe its good to mention > that in the systemd.mount man page under `What`? > > Thanks, > Anoop > _______________________________________________ > systemd‑devel mailing list > systemd‑[email protected] > https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd‑devel _______________________________________________ systemd-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
