NFS Services Administrator's Guide

Configuring and Administering NFS
Configuring and Administering AutoFS
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5. Modify any scripts you have that kill and restart automount. The
new AutoFS daemon, automountd, rarely needs to be restarted. If
you need to make changes to your automounter maps, just run the
automount program after modifying the maps. It is not a daemon,
like the old automount process; it is a program that runs once to read
the maps and then terminates.
To Understand How AutoFS Works
AutoFS consists of the following components:
1. The automount command, for reading automounter maps into
memory.
2. The AutoFS file system.
-n Obsolete with
AutoFS.
Allow automounts
only of previously
mounted target file
systems.
-T automountd -T Enable automount
tracing.
-tl duration automount -t
duration
Specify time before
unmounting idle
directories.
-tm interval Obsolete with
AutoFS.
Specify interval
between mount
attempts.
-tw interval Obsolete with
AutoFS.
Specify interval
between unmount
attempts.
-v automount -v
automountd -v
Verbose mode.
Table 2-5 Old Automount Command-Line Options Used By AutoFS
Old automount
Option
Equivalent
AutoFS Command
Option
Purpose