NAME
automountd —
daemon handling autofs mount
requests
SYNOPSIS
automountd |
[-D name=value]
[-i] [-m
maxproc] [-o
options] [-d]
[-v] |
DESCRIPTION
Theautomountd 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,automountdcreates 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. -mmaxproc- Limit the number of forked
automountdprocesses, and thus the number of mount requests being handled in parallel. The default is 30. -d- Debug mode: increase verbosity and do not daemonize.
-ooptions- 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
<trasz@FreeBSD.org>
under sponsorship from the FreeBSD Foundation.