Updating from Automounter to Enhanced AutoFS

This section includes information on how to update from the Automounter configuration to Enhanced AutoFS.

To update from Automounter to Enhanced AutoFS, perform the following steps:

In the /etc/rc.config.d/nfsconf file, set the AUTOFS variable to 1.

Copy the options specified in the AUTO_OPTIONS variable to the AUTOMOUNT_OPTIONS or AUTOMOUNTD_OPTIONS variable. In addition, remove the obsolete options.

Table 2-1 “Old automount Command-Line Options” lists the options of the old automount command and the equivalent AutoFS command options. It also indicates which automount options are obsolete with AutoFS.

Table 2-1 Old automount Command-Line Options

Old `automount` Option	Equivalent AutoFS Command Option	Purpose
`-D variable=value`	`automountd -D variable=value`	Assign `value` to the environment `variable`.
`-f master_file`	`automount -f master_file`	Use `master_file` as the local master map.
`-M mount_directory`	Obsolete with AutoFS.	Automount directories under `mount_directory` instead of `/tmp_mnt`.
`-m`	Obsolete with AutoFS.	Ignore the NIS `auto.master` map.
`-n`	Obsolete with AutoFS.	Allow automounts of previously mounted target file systems only.
`-T`	`automountd -T`	Enable `automount` tracing.
`-tl duration`	`automount -t duration`	Specify time before unmounting idle directories.
`-tm interval`	Obsolete with AutoFS.	Specify interval between mount attempts.
`-tw interval`	Obsolete with AutoFS.	Specify interval between unmount attempts.
-v	`automount -vautomountd -v`	Verbose mode.

Modify the scripts (if any) that kill and restart automount. The new AutoFS daemon, automountd, rarely needs to be restarted. If you need to make changes to your AutoFS maps, run the automount program after modifying the maps. automount is not a daemon; it is a program that runs once to read the maps and then terminates.

Updating from Automounter to Enhanced AutoFS

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