autofs(5) [freebsd man page]

AUTOFS(5)						      BSD File Formats Manual							 AUTOFS(5)

NAME

     autofs -- automounter filesystem

SYNOPSIS

     To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following line in the kernel configuration file:

	   options AUTOFS

     Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5):

	   autofs_load="YES"

DESCRIPTION

     The autofs driver is the kernel component of the automounter infrastructure.  Its job is to pass mount requests to the automountd(8) daemon,
     and pause the processes trying to access the automounted filesystem until the mount is completed.	It is mounted by the automount(8).

OPTIONS

     These options are available when mounting autofs file systems:

     master_options
	     Mount options for all filesystems specified in the map entry.

     master_prefix
	     Filesystem mountpoint prefix.

EXAMPLES

     To unmount all mounted autofs filesystems:

	   umount -At autofs

     To mount autofs filesystems specified in auto_master(5):

	   automount

SEE ALSO

     auto_master(5), automount(8), automountd(8), autounmountd(8)

HISTORY

     The autofs driver first appeared in FreeBSD 10.1.

AUTHORS

     The autofs was developed by Edward Tomasz Napierala <trasz@FreeBSD.org> under sponsorship from the FreeBSD Foundation.

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								 September 3, 2014							       BSD

AUTOMOUNTD(8)						    BSD System Manager's Manual 					     AUTOMOUNTD(8)

NAME

     automountd -- daemon handling autofs mount requests

SYNOPSIS

     automountd [-D name=value] [-i] [-m maxproc] [-o options] [-d] [-v]

DESCRIPTION

     The automountd daemon is responsible for handling autofs(5) mount requests, parsing maps, and mounting filesystems they specify.  On startup,
     automountd forks into background and waits for kernel requests.  When a request is received, automountd forks a child process.  The child
     process parses the appropriate map and mounts filesystems accordingly.  Then it signals the kernel to release blocked processes that were
     waiting for the mount.

     -D  Define a variable.

     -i  For indirect mounts, only create subdirectories if there are no wildcard entries.  Without -i, automountd creates all the subdirectories
	 it can.  Users may not realize that the wildcard map entry makes it possible to access directories that have not yet been created.

     -m maxproc
	 Limit the number of forked automountd processes, and thus the number of mount requests being handled in parallel.  The default is 30.

     -d  Debug mode: increase verbosity and do not daemonize.

     -o options
	 Specify mount options.  Options specified here ill be overridden by options entered in maps or auto_master(5).

     -v  Increase verbosity.

EXIT STATUS

     The automountd utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

SEE ALSO

     auto_master(5), autofs(5), automount(8), autounmountd(8)

HISTORY

     The automountd daemon appeared in FreeBSD 10.1.

AUTHORS

     The automountd was developed by Edward Tomasz Napierala <trasz@FreeBSD.org> under sponsorship from the FreeBSD Foundation.

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								  April 20, 2014							       BSD