Enhanced AutoFS Administrator's Guide, September 2005

Configuring and Administering AutoFS
Command-Line Options
Chapter 324
Command-Line Options
This section includes information on the command-line options available
for Enhanced AutoFS.
Automount Command-Line Options
Table 3-1 lists the automount command-line options available for
Enhanced AutoFS.
Table 3-1 Automount Command-Line Options
Option Purpose
-f master file Specify a local master file for
initialization. If you use the -f option,
and the specified master file is not
found, automount uses the switch policy
for automount in
/etc/nsswitch.conf. If it fails to
access the nsswitch.conf file, or if the
switch policy for automount does not
exist, automount first defaults to
/etc/auto_master, and then it defaults
to the NIS auto_master map.
-t duration Specify time in seconds so that AutoFS
can unmount a file system that is not
accessed within this interval. The
default value is 10 minutes.
-v Verbose mode. Notify about AutoFS
mounts, unmounts, or other
non-essential information.