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(4) 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 will 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
HISTORY
The automountd daemon appeared in FreeBSD 10.1.
AUTHORS
The automountd was developed by Edward Tomasz Napierala ⟨[email protected]⟩ under sponsorship from the FreeBSD Foundation.