NAME
automount – mount autofs on the appropriate mount points
SYNOPSIS
automount [-v] [-c] [-u] [-t timeout]
DESCRIPTION
automount reads the /etc/auto_master file, and any local or network maps it includes, and mounts autofs on the appropriate mount points to cause mounts to be triggered. If the auto_master file does not exist or is empty and a Directory Service is configured, the service will be queried for an auto_master map. It will also attempt to unmount any top-level autofs mounts that correspond to maps no longer found.
OPTIONS
- -v
-
Print more detailed information about actions taken by automount.
- -c
-
Tell automountd(8) to flush any cached information it has.
- -u
-
Unmount all non-busy automounted mounts. Top-level triggers are preserved.
- -t timeout
-
Set to timeout seconds the time after which an automounted file system will be unmounted if it hasn't been referred to within that period of time. The default is 1 hour (3600 seconds).
FILES
- /etc/autofs.conf
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configuration file for automount and automountd.
- /etc/auto_master
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The master map contains a list of directories to be controlled by autofs and their associated direct map or indirect maps.