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What's the difference/dependency between autofs and systemd automount and declarations in /etc/auto.master versus /usr/lib/systemd/system/*.automount in CentOS 7 ?
Do they do exactly the same? If not what are the differences?
Do they depend on each other or are they completely unrelated?
It helped me:
http://searchdatacenter.techtarget.com/tip/Mount-file-system-Linux-systemds-way
Forget about /etc/fstab and autofs. There's a new Linux system around. Systemd manages mounting and automounting of file systems differently.
Systemd handles mounting and automounting of file systems in a new way for Linux admins. If you're used to /etc/fstab and autofs, it's time to learn anew.
Goodbye autofs, hello automount
Systemd controls automounting file systems in new Linux distributions as well. Automounting is the system that mounts a directory automatically as soon as it is accessed, a task previously accomplished by the autofs service.
