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


NAME

     automountd -- daemon handling autofs mount requests


SYNOPSIS

     automountd [-div] [-D name=value] [-m maxproc] [-o options]


DESCRIPTION

     The automountd daemon is responsible for handling autofs(5) mount
     requests, parsing maps, and mounting file systems 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 file systems accordingly.
     Then it signals the kernel to release blocked processes that were waiting
     for the mount.

     -D  Define a variable.

     -d  Debug mode: increase verbosity and do not daemonize.

     -i  For indirect mounts, only create subdirectories if there are no wild-
         card 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.

     -o options
         Specify mount options.  Options specified here will be overridden by
         options entered in maps or auto_master(5).

     -T  Increase verbosity.  For compatibility with other implementations,
         such as OS X.

     -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.  The automountd daemon
     appeared in DragonFly 4.5.  The automountd command appeared in
     NetBSD 9.0.


AUTHORS

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

     automountd was ported to DragonFly and NetBSD by Tomohiro Kusumi
     <tkusumi@netbsd.org>.

NetBSD 10.99                   November 26, 2019                  NetBSD 10.99