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AUTOFS(5)		      File Formats Manual		     AUTOFS(5)

NAME
       autofs -- automounter filesystem

SYNOPSIS
       To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following line	in the
       kernel configuration file:

	     options AUTOFS

       Alternatively,  to  load	the driver as a	module at boot time, place the
       following line in loader.conf(5):

	     autofs_load="YES"

DESCRIPTION
       The autofs driver is the	kernel component  of  the  automounter	infra-
       structure.  Its job is to pass mount requests to	the automountd(8) dae-
       mon,  and pause the processes trying to access the automounted filesys-
       tem until the mount is completed.  It is	mounted	by the automount(8).

OPTIONS
       These options are available when	mounting autofs	file systems:

       master_options
	       Mount options for all filesystems specified in the map entry.

       master_prefix
	       Filesystem mountpoint prefix.

SYSCTL VARIABLES
       The following variables are available as	both sysctl(8)	variables  and
       loader(8) tunables:

       vfs.autofs.debug
	       Verbosity  level	 for log messages from the autofs driver.  Set
	       to 0 to disable logging or 1 to warn about potential  problems.
	       Larger values enable debugging output.  Defaults	to 1.

       vfs.autofs.interruptible
	       Set  to	1 to allow mount requests to be	interrupted by signal.
	       Defaults	to 1.

       vfs.autofs.retry_delay
	       Number of seconds before	retrying mount requests.  Defaults  to
	       1.

       vfs.autofs.retry_attempts
	       Number of attempts before failing mount.	 Defaults to 3.

       vfs.autofs.cache
	       Number  of  seconds to wait before reinvoking automountd(8) for
	       any given file or directory.  Defaults to 600.

       vfs.autofs.timeout
	       Number of seconds to wait for automountd(8) to handle the mount
	       request.	 Defaults to 30.

       vfs.autofs.mount_on_stat
	       Set to 1	to trigger mount on stat(2) on	mountpoint.   Defaults
	       to 0.

EXAMPLES
       To unmount all mounted autofs filesystems:

	     umount -At	autofs

       To mount	autofs filesystems specified in	auto_master(5):

	     automount

SEE ALSO
       auto_master(5), automount(8), automountd(8), autounmountd(8)

HISTORY
       The autofs driver first appeared	in FreeBSD 10.1.

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

FreeBSD	13.2		       December	2, 2017			     AUTOFS(5)
NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | OPTIONS | SYSCTL VARIABLES | EXAMPLES | SEE ALSO | HISTORY | AUTHORS

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