autofs(4)						     Kernel Interfaces Manual							 autofs(4)

NAME

       autofs - file containing parameter values for daemon and command

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

       The file resides in directory and supplies default parameters for the daemon and the command.

       The  file  format  is  ASCII; comment lines begin with the crosshatch character.  Parameters consist of a keyword followed by an equal sign
       followed by the parameter value.  This is the form of parameters in the file:

       Initially the parameters in the file are commented out with the

       Administrators can make changes to the startup parameters for by logging in as root and editing the file.  They would uncomment out a  key-
       word-value line to make the value for that parameter take effect.  Changes made to values on an or command line override values in

       The following parameters are currently supported in the file:

       Specifies a duration, in seconds, that a file system is to remain mounted
				when not in use.  The default value is 600 (10 minutes).  Equivalent to the option in

       Verbose mode for 	Causes you to be notified of non-critical events, such as mounts and unmounts.	The default value is Equivalent to
				the option in

       Verbose mode for 	Causes status messages to be logged to the console.  The default value is Equivalent to the option in

       Turn on or off browsing for all
				mount points.  The default value is Equivalent to the option in

       Expands each RPC call and displays it on standard output.
				The default value, turns off such tracing.  Starting with value and with each higher value, the verbosity  of  the
				trace output increases.

       Environment variables.	Each  environment  variable-value pairing must be on its own line.  You can specify multiple such pairings.  There
				are no environment variable settings supplied.	For example:
AUTHOR

       was developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
SEE ALSO

       automount(1M), automountd(1M).

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