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Name

automountd - autofs mount/unmount daemon

Synopsis

automountd [ -Tv ] [ -D name=value ]

Availability

SUNWcsu

Description

automountd is an RPC server that answers file system mount and unmount requests from the autofs filesystem. It uses local files or name service maps to locate filesystems to be mounted. These maps are described with the automount(1M) command.

The automountd daemon is automatically invoked in run level 2.

Options

-T
Trace. Expand each RPC call and display it on the standard output.
-v
Verbose. Log status messages to the console.
-D name=value
Assign value to the indicated automount map substitution variable. These assignments cannot be used to substitute variables in the master map auto_master.

Files

/etc/auto_master
master map for automounter

See Also

automount(1M)


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