systemd

PolicyFS is designed to be operated via systemd:

• pfs@<mount>.service is the long-running daemon (FUSE mount).
• pfs-index@<mount>.timer runs indexing periodically.
• pfs-move@<mount>.timer runs mover periodically.
• pfs-prune@<mount>.timer runs prune periodically.
• pfs-maint@<mount>.timer runs a batched maintenance flow.

Directory layout

PolicyFS uses standard Linux locations:

• Config: /etc/pfs/pfs.yaml
• State: /var/lib/pfs/<mount>/
• Runtime: /run/pfs/<mount>/
• Logs: journald by default; optional file logging can be enabled via config.

Common operations

Start/restart a mount:

sudo systemctl restart [email protected]

Disable all scheduled jobs for a mount:

sudo systemctl disable --now [email protected]
sudo systemctl disable --now [email protected]
sudo systemctl disable --now [email protected]
sudo systemctl disable --now [email protected]

Overrides

Use drop-ins instead of editing vendor unit files:

sudo systemctl edit [email protected]