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AUTOMOUNT(8)            NetBSD System Manager's Manual            AUTOMOUNT(8)


NAME

     automount -- update autofs mounts


SYNOPSIS

     automount [-cfLuv] [-D name=value] [-o options]


DESCRIPTION

     When called without options, the automount command parses the
     auto_master(5) configuration file and any direct maps that it references,
     and mounts or unmounts autofs(5) file systems to match.  These options
     are available:

     -c  Flush caches, discarding possibly stale information obtained from
         maps and directory services.

     -D  Define a variable.  It is only useful with -L.

     -f  Force unmount, to be used with -u.

     -L  Do not mount or unmount anything.  Instead parse auto_master(5) and
         any direct maps, then print them to standard output.  When specified
         more than once, all the maps, including indirect ones, will be parsed
         and shown.  This is useful when debugging configuration problems.

     -o  Specify mount options to be used along with the ones specified in the
         maps.  It is only useful with -L.

     -u  Try to unmount file systems mounted by automountd(8).  autofs(5)
         mounts are not unmounted.  To unmount all autofs(5) mounts, use
         umount -At autofs.

     -v  Increase verbosity.


EXIT STATUS

     The automount utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.


EXAMPLES

     Unmount all file systems mounted by automountd(8):

           automount -u


SEE ALSO

     auto_master(5), autofs(5), automountd(8), autounmountd(8)


HISTORY

     The automount command appeared in FreeBSD 10.1.  The automount command
     appeared in DragonFly 4.5.  The automount command appeared in NetBSD 9.0.


AUTHORS

     The automount was developed by Edward Tomasz Napierala
     <trasz@FreeBSD.org> under sponsorship from the FreeBSD Foundation.

     The automount was ported to DragonFly and NetBSD by Tomohiro Kusumi
     <kusumi.tomohiro@gmail.com>.

NetBSD 9.4_STABLE              November 25, 2017             NetBSD 9.4_STABLE