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:

To mount autofs filesystems specified in auto_master(5):

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 <tkusumi@netbsd.org>.