Idle timeout for NFS share mounted with systemd automount












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I want to configure my /etc/fstab so that my NFS share was automatically:




  • mounted when accessed (auto-mount on-demand),

  • unmounted after specified idle timeout (x-systemd.idle-timeout).


AFAIK, I can achieve this behavior using AutoFS or systemd automount. I prefer systemd because I don't want to install additional packages unless needed.



This is excerpt from my /etc/fstab (I followed this tutorial):



192.168.1.14:/home/someuser/somedir /mnt/someuser_share nfs noauto,x-systemd.automount,x-systemd.device-timeout=30,x-systemd.idle-timeout=1min,_netdev 0 0


Note that in the above line there is:



x-systemd.idle-timeout=1min


but it doesn't work. After waiting 1 minute without using /mnt/someuser_shar it is still mounted.



Why it doesn't work as expected?



Note that after system bootup my share is not mounted as expected. After I type eg. ls /mnt/someuser_share it's mounted (if 192.168.1.14 is online). After next 1 minute I would expect that my share will be unmounted, but it isn't.



I'm using Debian Stable, ie. Debian Stretch (9.6). systemd version: 232.




As a side note: I'm aware that systemd reads /etc/fstab and creates unit files, specifically automount and mount unit files that can be listed using systemctl command and viewed using systemctl cat name-of-the-unit-file.






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  • can you specify both which version of systemd and distribution are you using ?
    – D'Arcy Nader
    37 mins ago






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    I updated my post (Debian Stable, ie. Debian Stretch [9.6] + systemd ver. 232).
    – patryk.beza
    20 mins ago












  • have you tried without _netdev and using seconds insted of minutes for x-systemd.idle-timeout= ? i would .
    – D'Arcy Nader
    5 mins ago
















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I want to configure my /etc/fstab so that my NFS share was automatically:




  • mounted when accessed (auto-mount on-demand),

  • unmounted after specified idle timeout (x-systemd.idle-timeout).


AFAIK, I can achieve this behavior using AutoFS or systemd automount. I prefer systemd because I don't want to install additional packages unless needed.



This is excerpt from my /etc/fstab (I followed this tutorial):



192.168.1.14:/home/someuser/somedir /mnt/someuser_share nfs noauto,x-systemd.automount,x-systemd.device-timeout=30,x-systemd.idle-timeout=1min,_netdev 0 0


Note that in the above line there is:



x-systemd.idle-timeout=1min


but it doesn't work. After waiting 1 minute without using /mnt/someuser_shar it is still mounted.



Why it doesn't work as expected?



Note that after system bootup my share is not mounted as expected. After I type eg. ls /mnt/someuser_share it's mounted (if 192.168.1.14 is online). After next 1 minute I would expect that my share will be unmounted, but it isn't.



I'm using Debian Stable, ie. Debian Stretch (9.6). systemd version: 232.




As a side note: I'm aware that systemd reads /etc/fstab and creates unit files, specifically automount and mount unit files that can be listed using systemctl command and viewed using systemctl cat name-of-the-unit-file.






debian systemd nfs fstab autofs







share|improve this question
























  • can you specify both which version of systemd and distribution are you using ?
    – D'Arcy Nader
    37 mins ago






  • 1




    I updated my post (Debian Stable, ie. Debian Stretch [9.6] + systemd ver. 232).
    – patryk.beza
    20 mins ago












  • have you tried without _netdev and using seconds insted of minutes for x-systemd.idle-timeout= ? i would .
    – D'Arcy Nader
    5 mins ago














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I want to configure my /etc/fstab so that my NFS share was automatically:




  • mounted when accessed (auto-mount on-demand),

  • unmounted after specified idle timeout (x-systemd.idle-timeout).


AFAIK, I can achieve this behavior using AutoFS or systemd automount. I prefer systemd because I don't want to install additional packages unless needed.



This is excerpt from my /etc/fstab (I followed this tutorial):



192.168.1.14:/home/someuser/somedir /mnt/someuser_share nfs noauto,x-systemd.automount,x-systemd.device-timeout=30,x-systemd.idle-timeout=1min,_netdev 0 0


Note that in the above line there is:



x-systemd.idle-timeout=1min


but it doesn't work. After waiting 1 minute without using /mnt/someuser_shar it is still mounted.



Why it doesn't work as expected?



Note that after system bootup my share is not mounted as expected. After I type eg. ls /mnt/someuser_share it's mounted (if 192.168.1.14 is online). After next 1 minute I would expect that my share will be unmounted, but it isn't.



I'm using Debian Stable, ie. Debian Stretch (9.6). systemd version: 232.




As a side note: I'm aware that systemd reads /etc/fstab and creates unit files, specifically automount and mount unit files that can be listed using systemctl command and viewed using systemctl cat name-of-the-unit-file.






debian systemd nfs fstab autofs







share|improve this question















I want to configure my /etc/fstab so that my NFS share was automatically:




  • mounted when accessed (auto-mount on-demand),

  • unmounted after specified idle timeout (x-systemd.idle-timeout).


AFAIK, I can achieve this behavior using AutoFS or systemd automount. I prefer systemd because I don't want to install additional packages unless needed.



This is excerpt from my /etc/fstab (I followed this tutorial):



192.168.1.14:/home/someuser/somedir /mnt/someuser_share nfs noauto,x-systemd.automount,x-systemd.device-timeout=30,x-systemd.idle-timeout=1min,_netdev 0 0


Note that in the above line there is:



x-systemd.idle-timeout=1min


but it doesn't work. After waiting 1 minute without using /mnt/someuser_shar it is still mounted.



Why it doesn't work as expected?



Note that after system bootup my share is not mounted as expected. After I type eg. ls /mnt/someuser_share it's mounted (if 192.168.1.14 is online). After next 1 minute I would expect that my share will be unmounted, but it isn't.



I'm using Debian Stable, ie. Debian Stretch (9.6). systemd version: 232.




As a side note: I'm aware that systemd reads /etc/fstab and creates unit files, specifically automount and mount unit files that can be listed using systemctl command and viewed using systemctl cat name-of-the-unit-file.






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  • can you specify both which version of systemd and distribution are you using ?
    – D'Arcy Nader
    37 mins ago






  • 1




    I updated my post (Debian Stable, ie. Debian Stretch [9.6] + systemd ver. 232).
    – patryk.beza
    20 mins ago












  • have you tried without _netdev and using seconds insted of minutes for x-systemd.idle-timeout= ? i would .
    – D'Arcy Nader
    5 mins ago


















  • can you specify both which version of systemd and distribution are you using ?
    – D'Arcy Nader
    37 mins ago






  • 1




    I updated my post (Debian Stable, ie. Debian Stretch [9.6] + systemd ver. 232).
    – patryk.beza
    20 mins ago












  • have you tried without _netdev and using seconds insted of minutes for x-systemd.idle-timeout= ? i would .
    – D'Arcy Nader
    5 mins ago
















can you specify both which version of systemd and distribution are you using ?
– D'Arcy Nader
37 mins ago




can you specify both which version of systemd and distribution are you using ?
– D'Arcy Nader
37 mins ago




1




1




I updated my post (Debian Stable, ie. Debian Stretch [9.6] + systemd ver. 232).
– patryk.beza
20 mins ago






I updated my post (Debian Stable, ie. Debian Stretch [9.6] + systemd ver. 232).
– patryk.beza
20 mins ago














have you tried without _netdev and using seconds insted of minutes for x-systemd.idle-timeout= ? i would .
– D'Arcy Nader
5 mins ago




have you tried without _netdev and using seconds insted of minutes for x-systemd.idle-timeout= ? i would .
– D'Arcy Nader
5 mins ago















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