NAME
autofs —
automounter filesystem
SYNOPSIS
options AUTOFS
DESCRIPTION
Theautofs 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 autofsTo mount autofs filesystems specified in
auto_master(5):
automountSEE ALSO
auto_master(5), automount(8), automountd(8), autounmountd(8), mount_autofs(8)
HISTORY
The autofs driver first appeared in
FreeBSD 10.1. The autofs
driver first appeared in DragonFly 4.5. The
autofs driver first appeared in
NetBSD 9.0.
AUTHORS
The autofs was developed by
Edward Tomasz Napierala
<trasz@FreeBSD.org>
under sponsorship from the FreeBSD Foundation.
The autofs was ported to
DragonFly and NetBSD by
Tomohiro Kusumi
<kusumi.tomohiro@gmail.com>.