AUTOMOUNTD(8)           FreeBSD System Manager's Manual          AUTOMOUNTD(8)

NAME

     automountd - daemon handling autofs mount requests

SYNOPSIS

     automountd [-D name=value] [-i] [-m maxproc] [-o options] [-d] [-v]

DESCRIPTION

     The automountd daemon is responsible for handling autofs(4) mount
     requests, parsing maps, and mounting filesystems they specify.  On
     startup, automountd forks into background and waits for kernel requests.
     When a request is received, automountd forks a child process.  The child
     process parses the appropriate map and mounts filesystems accordingly.
     Then it signals the kernel to release blocked processes that were waiting
     for the mount.

     -D          Define a variable.

     -i          For indirect mounts, only create subdirectories if there are
                 no wildcard entries.  Without -i, automountd creates all the
                 subdirectories it can.  Users may not realize that the
                 wildcard map entry makes it possible to access directories
                 that have not yet been created.

     -m maxproc  Limit the number of forked automountd processes, and thus the
                 number of mount requests being handled in parallel.  The
                 default is 30.

     -d          Debug mode: increase verbosity and do not daemonize.

     -o options  Specify mount options.  Options specified here will be
                 overridden by options entered in maps or auto_master(5).

     -v          Increase verbosity.

EXIT STATUS

     The automountd utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

SEE ALSO

     autofs(4), auto_master(5), automount(8), autounmountd(8)

HISTORY

     The automountd daemon appeared in FreeBSD 10.1.

AUTHORS

     The automountd was developed by Edward Tomasz Napierala
     <trasz@FreeBSD.org> under sponsorship from the FreeBSD Foundation.

FreeBSD 15.1-STABLE-HBSD        March 10, 2015                   AUTOMOUNTD(8)