Automounts themselves are established by a magic kernel-level mount
(specifically they're "autofs" mounts), which requires root privileges.
Your systemd --user instance runs unprivileged, as your own UID, and
doesn't have the privilege to mount autofs (or anything else that isn't
FUSE).
On Tue, Nov 17, 2020, 00:01 Wolter HV wrote:
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to mount an sshfs share using systemd only, on a user level.
> Unfortunately, I get the following error message on journalctl:
>
> Failed to initialize automounter: Operation not permitted
>
> I get that error message on journalctl after I try to start my automount
> via the command
>
> systemctl --user start home-anonymous-mountpoint.automount
>
> Please find the full log and unit files below.
>
> However, if I run instead
>
> systemctl --user start home-anonymous-mountpoint.mount
>
> then the mount works fine.
>
> This is the detailed log:
>
> --- LOG ---
> [REDACTED] systemd: home-anonymous-mountpoint.automount: Failed to
> initialize automounter: Operation not permitted
> [REDACTED] systemd: home-anonymous-mountpoint.automount: Failed with
> result 'resources'.
>Subject: Unit failed
>Defined-By: systemd
>Support: https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
>
>The unit UNIT has entered the 'failed' state with result 'resources'.
> [REDACTED] systemd: Failed to set up automount remotelocation at
> remotehost.
>Subject: A start job for unit UNIT has failed
>Defined-By: systemd
>Support: https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
>
>A start job for unit UNIT has finished with a failure.
>
>The job identifier is 272 and the job result is failed.
> --- EOF ---
>
> These are my unit files:
>
> --- ~/.config/systemd/user/home-anonymous-mountpoint.automount ---
> [Unit]
> Description=remotelocation at remotehost
>
> [Automount]
> Where=/home/anonymous/mountpoint
> TimeoutIdleSec=600
>
> [Install]
> WantedBy=default.target
> --- EOF ---
>
> --- ~/.config/systemd/user/home-anonymous-mountpoint.mount ---
> [Mount]
> What=remoteuser@remotehost:/srv/sshfs/remotelocation
> Type=fuse.sshfs
> Options=IdentityFile=/home/anonymous/.ssh/keys/remotehost-remoteuser.id_rsa
> TimeoutSec=10
> --- EOF ---
>
> (Crossing my fingers so this message doesn't get garbled or force-wrapped.)
>
> Regards,
>
> Wolter HV
>
>
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