NFS Services Administrator's Guide (B1031-90072, March 2011)

1. In the /etc/rc.config.d/nfsconf file, the AUTOFS variable is set to 1.
2. Any options you had specified in the AUTO_OPTIONS variable are copied to either the
AUTO_OPTIONS or the AUTOMOUNTD_OPTIONS variable. Obsolete options are removed.
Table 11 lists the options of the old automount command and the equivalent AutoFS command
options. It also indicates which automount options are not supported in AutoFS.
Table 11 Old Automount Command-Line Options Used By AutoFS
PurposeEquivalent AutoFS command option
Old automount Option
To assign value to the environment
variable.
automountd -Dvariable =
value
-Dvariable = value
To use master_file as local master
map.
automount -fmaster_file-fmaster_file
To automount directories under
mount_directory instead of
/tmp_mnt.
Obsolete with AutoFS.-Mmount_directory
To ignore NIS auto.master map.Obsolete with AutoFS.-m
To allow automounts only of
previously mounted target filesystems.
Obsolete with AutoFS.-n
To enable automount tracing.automountd -T-T
To specify time before unmounting
idle directories.
automount -tduration-tlduration
To specify interval between mount
attempts.
Obsolete with AutoFS.-tminterval
To specify interval between unmount
attempts.
Obsolete with AutoFS.-twinterval
To specify the Verbose mode.automount -vautomountd -v-v
3. Scripts that kill and restart automount are modified.
AutoFS Configuration Changes
This section describes the various methods to configure your AutoFS environment.
Configuring AutoFS Using the nfsconf File
You can use the /etc/rc.config.d/nfsconf file to configure your AutoFS environment. The
/etc/rc.config.d/nfsconf file is the NFS configuration file. This file consists of the following
sets of variables or parameters:
1. Core Configuration Variables
2. Remote Lock Manager Configuration Variables
3. NFS Client and Server Configuration Variables
4. AutoFS Configuration Variables
Table 12 lists the AutoFS configuration variables that you can use to configure your AutoFS
environment.
56 Configuring and Administering AutoFS