1.Dd April 4, 2007
2.Os Darwin
3.Dt AUTOMOUNTD 8
4.Sh NAME
5.Nm automountd
6.Nd automatic mount / unmount daemon for autofs
7.Sh SYNOPSIS
8.Nm /usr/libexec/automountd
9.Op Fl v
10.Op Fl n
11.Op Fl T
12.Op Fl o Ar opts
13.Op Fl D Ar name Ns = Ns Ar value
14.Sh DESCRIPTION
15.Nm
16is a daemon that responds to requests from autofs to mount and unmount
17network filesystems, and to supply the contents of directories, based on
18the contents of automounter maps. The automountd is started on demand by
19.Xr launchd 8 .
20As the daemon is launched by
21.Nm launchd ,
22the options below would be specified in the
23.Li ProgramArguments
24key in the
25.Nm launchd
26plist for
27.Nm automountd .
28See
29.Sx FILES
30below.
31.Sh OPTIONS
32.Bl -tag -width Ds
33.It Fl v
34Log to
35.Xr syslogd 8
36more detailed information about actions taken by
37.Nm .
38.It Fl n
39Disable browsing of all maps.
40.It Fl T
41Increase by
42.Li 1
43the logging level for messages printed to the standard output
44information about requests received from autofs, processing done for
45those requests, and replies sent to autofs.  The default level of
46.Li 0
47causes no information to be logged; each higher value causes more
48information to be logged.
49.It Fl o Ar opts
50Apply the options specified by
51.Ar opts
52to all mounts by default.
53The options for a particular mount can override these options.
54.It Fl D Ar name Ns = Ns Ar value
55Set the environment value specified by
56.Ar name
57to the specified
58.Ar value .
59Environment variables can be referred to in map entries; the value of
60the environment variable is substituted for the reference to the
61variable.
62.El
63.Sh FILES
64.Bl -tag  -width Ds
65.It Pa /etc/autofs.conf
66configuration file used to manage automountd
67.It Pa /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.automountd.plist
68.Nm launchd
69plist
70.El
71.Sh SEE ALSO
72.Xr auto_master 5 ,
73.Xr autofsd 8 ,
74.Xr automount 8 ,
75.Xr autofs.conf 5 ,
76.Xr mount 8 ,
77.Xr mount_nfs 8 ,
78.Xr launchd 8 ,
79.Xr launchd.plist 5
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