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

NAME

     autofs.conf -- automount(8) and automountd(8) configuration file

DESCRIPTION

     The autofs.conf file specifies various configuration options for automount(8) and automountd(8).

     autofs.conf consists of a series of lines, each of which may contain a line that sets a parameter, a comment, or a blank line.

     A line that sets a parameter has the format:
	   parameter=value
     A ``#'' is the comment character, and all characters from it to the end of line are ignored.

     The parameters that are supported are:

     AUTOMOUNT_TIMEOUT
		   The number of seconds after which an automounted file system will be unmounted if it hasn't been referred to within that period
		   of time.  The default is 10 minutes (600 seconds).  This is equivalent to the -t option in automount(8).

     AUTOMOUNT_VERBOSE
		   TRUE or FALSE; if TRUE, automount(8) will print more detailed information about the actions it takes.  This is equivalent to
		   the -v option to automount(8).

     AUTOMOUNTD_VERBOSE
		   TRUE or FALSE; if TRUE, automountd(8) will log to syslogd(8) more detailed information about the actions it takes.  This is
		   equivalent to the -v option to automountd(8).

     AUTOMOUNTD_NOBROWSE
		   TRUE or FALSE; if TRUE, automountd(8) will disable browsing of all maps.  This is equivalent to the -n option to automountd(8).

     AUTOMOUNTD_TRACE
		   The trace level for logging information about requests received by automountd(8) from autofs, processing done for those
		   requests, and replies sent to autofs.  The default level of 0 causes no information to be logged; each higher value causes more
		   information to be logged.  This controls the same trace level that the -T option to automountd(8) controls.	The trace is
		   logged to /var/log/system.log

     AUTOMOUNTD_MNTOPTS
		   A string containing a comma-separated list of mount options that will be applied, by default, to all mounts done by
		   automountd(8).  The options for a particular mount can override these options.  This controls the same options that the -o
		   option to automountd(8)

     AUTOMOUNTD_NOSUID
		   TRUE or FALSE; if TRUE, automountd(8) will force all mounts to have the "nosuid" mount option set.

     AUTOMOUNTD_ENV
		   A string of the form
			 name=value
		   that causes the environment variable name to be set to the value value in automountd(8).  Environment variables can be referred
		   to in map entries; the value of the environment variable is substituted for the reference to the variable.  This is equivalent
		   to the -D option to automountd(8).

FILES

     /etc/autofs.conf  This file.

SEE ALSO

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

Darwin								  March 27, 2007							    Darwin