On Mon, May 25, 2020, 3:29 AM Patrick O'Callaghan <[email protected]>
wrote:

> I wonder why systemd doesn't notice
> that the file has changed and reload accordingly.
>

The obvious as stupid answer is because it is not designed to work that
way. The process is actually documented; see for example
systemd-fstab-generator(8).

I would guess that keeping an eye on dozens of config files to see if any
of them have changed would use a lot of system resources over time, but I
expect there are more serious and less obvious reasons why this is not done.

In fairness to systemd, it has never been possible to edit /etc/fstab and
have your changes automatically applied. It has always been necessary to
run some sort of mount command (or reboot) after modifying fstab.

--Greg

>
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