[arch-general] systemd automount + wake-on-lan dependency

[Ashim Acharya]

On 01/08/2013 05:39 PM, Sander Jansen wrote:
> I want my media pc to automatically mount several samba shares when they're
> accessed. In addition it also needs to wake-up the other machine if it is
> currently suspended via WOL.
>
> From a forum post on xbmc.org (1) I know this can be done using autofs, but
> I'd like to see if this can be using systemd alone. I know systemd can
> handle the automounting, but what about the WOL?
>
> Is it as simple as merely providing a dependency to the specific automount
> service file to first do the WOL? A oneshot unit? Or perhaps part of the
> same unit file with ExecStartPre (if there is such a thing in a automount
> file)?
>
> Any hints or tips?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Sander
>
> [1] http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=118164
Might be simpler to set up your wol servers with "ethtool -s ethX wol u"
to wake on unicast messages.