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 80