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.
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-D
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Define a variable.
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-i
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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.
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-m
maxproc
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Limit the number of forked
automountd processes, and thus the number of mount requests being handled in parallel. The default is 30.
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-d
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Debug mode: increase verbosity and do not daemonize.
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-o
options
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Specify mount options. Options specified here ill be overridden by options entered in maps or
auto_master(5).
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-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.