NAME
autofs —
automounter filesystem
SYNOPSIS
options AUTOFS
DESCRIPTION
The
autofs driver is the kernel component of the automounter
infrastructure. Its job is to pass mount requests to the
automountd(8) daemon, and
pause the processes trying to access the automounted filesystem until the
mount is completed. It is mounted by the
automount(8).
OPTIONS
These options are available when mounting
autofs file systems:
-
-
- master_options
- Mount options for all filesystems specified in the map
entry.
-
-
- master_prefix
- Filesystem mountpoint prefix.
EXAMPLES
To unmount all mounted
autofs filesystems:
umount -At autofs
To mount
autofs filesystems specified in
auto_master(5):
automount
SEE ALSO
auto_master(5),
automount(8),
automountd(8),
autounmountd(8),
mount_autofs(8)
HISTORY
The
autofs driver first appeared in
FreeBSD
10.1. The
autofs driver first appeared in
DragonFly 4.5. The
autofs driver
first appeared in
NetBSD 9.0.
AUTHORS
The
autofs was developed by
Edward Tomasz
Napierala
<
trasz@FreeBSD.org>
under sponsorship from the FreeBSD Foundation.
The
autofs was ported to
DragonFly and
NetBSD by
Tomohiro Kusumi
<
kusumi.tomohiro@gmail.com>.