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.

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.