AUTOMOUNTD(8) FreeBSD System Manager's Manual AUTOMOUNTD(8)
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(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, 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
auto_master(5), autofs(5), automount(8), autounmountd(8)
HISTORY
The automountd daemon appeared in FreeBSD 10.1.
AUTHORS
The automountd was developed by Edward Tomasz Napierala
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[email protected]> under sponsorship from the FreeBSD Foundation.
FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE-p8 March 10, 2015 FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE-p8