{"id":2932,"date":"2016-08-03T16:57:27","date_gmt":"2016-08-03T16:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wiki.davelevy.info\/?p=2932"},"modified":"2024-08-15T08:41:23","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T08:41:23","slug":"fedora-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/fedora-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Fedora 24"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is quite different, in particular the System V init files don’t work any more and so I need to implement a systemd<\/code> solution to mount the virtual box shared folders. I think these need to run after the vboxaddclient service. Some documentation suggests that LSB compliant scripts will work. I am about to stop and give it a rest; I am definitely of the view that this was a problem not worth solving.<\/p>\n

This where I am, having experimented with my script, I return to using a .mount file<\/p>\n

B$ cat import-common.mount \r\n[Unit]\r\nDescription=Mounts common on \/import\/common\r\nRequires=vboxadd-service graphical.target\r\nAfter=vboxadd-service tmp.mount graphical.target\r\n\r\n[Mount]\r\nWhat=common\r\nWhere=\/import\/common\r\nType=vboxsf\r\nOptions=rw,uid=1000,gid=1000\r\n\r\n[Install]\r\nWantedBy=graphical.target\r\n<\/pre>\n
Errormessages<\/p>\n
\u00b7 import-common.mount - Mounts common on \/import\/common\r\n   Loaded: loaded (\/etc\/systemd\/system\/import-common.mount; enabled;\r\n   Active: inactive(dead)\r\n    Where: \/import\/common\r\n     What: common\r\n<\/pre>\n
Dead Alleys<\/h3>\n
So I make a .mount file, the first one fails because I didn’t know that one needs to replace the folder delimiter character i.e. “\/” in the unit file name with a “-“. This is hidden in the freedesktop.org manual pages.<\/p>\n
Now where are the logs? Hidden behind f*ing binaries, there is a program called journalctl but systemctl status <service name or unit file name> both report the service or mount state.<\/p>\n
I experimented with rewriting this as a service using my standard script. I discover that Fedora’s lsb functions file is in a different location to Ubuntu but the script is not a daemon and undertook both the mount and unmount operation.\u00a0 I have found the vboxadd* service unit files, they are in \/lib\/systemd\/system<\/code>, they have example code to issue start and stop commands.<\/p>\n
I have tried to implement redhat-lsb using yum\/dnf. This has different function names to the debian version I have been using.<\/p>\n
        mount -t vboxsf -o rw,uid=1000 $1 \/import\/$1\r\n\tcase $? in\r\n\t0) log_success_msg mounting shared folder $1 ;;\r\n\t*) log_failure_msg mounting shared folder $1 ;;\r\n\tesac\r\n<\/pre>\n
Here are some links<\/p>\n
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  1. https:\/\/fedoraproject.org\/wiki\/Systemd<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. http:\/\/searchdatacenter.techtarget.com\/tip\/Mount-file-system-Linux-systemds-way<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. https:\/\/www.linux.com\/learn\/understanding-and-using-systemd<\/li>\n
  4. https:\/\/www.freedesktop.org\/software\/systemd\/man\/systemd-sysv-generator.html<\/a><\/li>\n
  5. http:\/\/unix.stackexchange.com\/questions\/203987\/debian-services-not-running\/204075#204075<\/a><\/li>\n
  6. http:\/\/unix.stackexchange.com\/questions\/233468\/how-does-systemd-use-etc-init-d-scripts<\/a><\/li>\n
  7. https:\/\/www.freedesktop.org\/software\/systemd\/man\/systemd.unit.html#<\/li>\n
  8. https:\/\/www.freedesktop.org\/software\/systemd\/man\/systemd-sysv-generator.html<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    Mike Davies writes,<\/p>\n
    …think what you need to do is create a systemd unit file named after the filesystem you want to mount. You have to make the unit filename match<\/span> the mount point. I think you can pass options to control unit file ordered using\u00a0the [Requires, Before & After <\/span>directives<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
    He also recommends,<\/p>\n
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    1. https:\/\/oguya.ch\/posts\/2015-09-01-systemd-mount-partition\/<\/li>\n
    2. https:\/\/www.digitalocean.com\/community\/tutorials\/understanding-systemd-units-and-unit-files<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
      It maybe right to use a service unit, but I can’t see it myself. It looks like the thing runs start and stop.<\/p>\n
      And this thread,<\/p>\n
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      1. https:\/\/bbs.archlinux.org\/viewtopic.php?id=147790<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
        about how to do an rc.local degenerates into a lovely row about the rights and wrongs of systemd.<\/p>\n
         <\/p>\n
        ooOOOoo<\/p>\n
        Image Credit: Berndt Rostad @flickr<\/a> CC 2012 BY, he says “Fedora is not only a type of hat<\/a> and a Linux distribution<\/a> (which I happen to use) but also a bar and kitchen<\/a> in Ledererstrasse 3 in Munich. Hooray.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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