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

NAME
     automountd -- automatic mount / unmount daemon for autofs

SYNOPSIS
     /usr/libexec/automountd [-v] [-n] [-T] [-o opts] [-D name=value]

DESCRIPTION
     automountd is a daemon that responds to requests from autofs to mount and unmount network filesystems,
     and to supply the contents of directories, based on the contents of automounter maps. The automountd is
     started on demand by launchd(8).  As the daemon is launched by launchd, the options below would be
     specified in the ProgramArguments key in the launchd plist for automountd.  See FILES below.

OPTIONS
     -v      Log to syslogd(8) more detailed information about actions taken by automountd.

     -n      Disable browsing of all maps.

     -T      Increase by 1 the logging level for messages printed to the standard output information about
             requests received from autofs, processing done for those requests, and replies sent to autofs.
             The default level of 0 causes no information to be logged; each higher value causes more infor-mation information
             mation to be logged.

     -o opts
             Apply the options specified by opts to all mounts by default.  The options for a particular
             mount can override these options.

     -D name=value
             Set the environment value specified by name to the specified value.  Environment variables can
             be referred to in map entries; the value of the environment variable is substituted for the
             reference to the variable.

FILES
     /etc/autofs.conf
             configuration file used to manage automountd

     /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.automountd.plist
             launchd plist

SEE ALSO
     auto_master(5), autofsd(8), automount(8), autofs.conf(5), mount(8), mount_nfs(8), launchd(8),
     launchd.plist(5)

Darwin                           April 4, 2007                          Darwin