Creating a unit file for automatic mounting:
sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/bind-mounts.service
Add the following content:
[Unit] Description=Bind Mount for /var/www/project to /home/user/www After=local-fs.target [Service] Type=oneshot RemainAfterExit=yes ExecStart=/bin/sh -c "mount --bind /var/www/project/ /home/user/www" ExecStop=/bin/sh -c "umount /home/user/www" [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target
Reload systemd to apply the changes:
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
Enabling the service to start automatically at system boot:
sudo systemctl enable bind-mounts.service
Manually starting the service for testing:
sudo systemctl start bind-mounts.service
Checking the status of the service:
sudo systemctl status bind-mounts.service
Checking that the directory has been successfully mounted:
mount | grep /home/user/www
Testing after reboot:
reboot mount | grep /home/user/www
Setting up access rights:
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/project/ sudo chmod -R 755 /home/user/www
Disabling automatic mounting:
sudo systemctl disable bind-mounts.service sudo systemctl stop bind-mounts.service
Removing the unit file:
sudo rm /etc/systemd/system/bind-mounts.service sudo systemctl daemon-reload
Checking that the service has been removed:
systemctl list-unit-files | grep bind-mounts
