Enhanced AutoFS Administrator's Guide, September 2005

Installing Enhanced AutoFS
Disabling Enhanced AutoFS
Chapter 214
Disabling Enhanced AutoFS
To disable Enhanced AutoFS, perform the following steps:
1. Run the following command to stop AutoFS:
/sbin/init.d/nfs.client stop
2. In the /etc/rc.config.d/nfsconf file, make sure the NFS_CLIENT
variable is set to 1 and the AUTOFS variable is set to 0; see the
following:
NFS_CLIENT=1
AUTOFS=0
WARNING Do not kill the automountd daemon by running the kill command
because the daemon does not terminate gracefully. Moreover, it
does not unmount AutoFS mount points before it dies. Use the
nfs.client stop script to make sure automountd daemon dies
gracefully.
After disabling AutoFS using the nfs.client stop script, you
may notice that the autofskd process is still running. autofskd is
the kernel daemon; it is dormant when the AUTOFS variable is 0.
You can safely ignore this process. You cannot kill autofskd; the
only way to stop autofskd is to reboot.