Greg Wooledge <wool...@eeg.ccf.org> writes: > unicorn:~$ systemctl status -.mount > systemctl: invalid option -- '.' > Hint: to specify units starting with a dash, use "--": > systemctl [OPTIONS...] {COMMAND} -- -.mount ... > unicorn:~$ systemctl status -- -.mount > ● -.mount - / > Loaded: loaded (/etc/fstab; generated) > Active: active (mounted) since Sun 2020-07-19 22:05:16 EDT; 2 days ago > Where: / > What: /dev/sda7 > Docs: man:fstab(5) > man:systemd-fstab-generator(8) > > > Apparently this unit refers to the root file system. I have no idea > why it's masked for you, but that's where I'd start looking.
This actually happened to me recently too. I have no idea why and I couldn't unmask it either but after a reboot things were normal again.