NAME
automountd — autofs mount/unmount daemon
SYNOPSIS
automountd[-Tv]
[-D
name=value]
DESCRIPTION
automountd
is an
RPC
server that answers file system mount and unmount requests
from the
autofs
filesystem.
It uses local files or name service maps to locate filesystems
to be mounted.
These maps are described with the
automount
command (see
automount(1M)).
The
automountd
daemon is automatically invoked if the
AUTOFS
variable and the
AUTOMOUNT
variable are set to 1 in
/etc/rc.config.d/nfsconf.
Options
- -T
Trace. Expand each
RPC
call and display it to
/var/adm/automount.log.
- -v
Verbose. Log status messages to
/var/adm/syslog/syslog.log.
- -D name=value
Assign
value
to the indicated
automount
map substitution variable.
These assignments cannot be used to substitute variables
in the master map
auto_master.
Tracing
While
automountd
is running, the signal
SIGUSR2
can be sent to
automountd
to turn tracing on. It logs messages in
/var/adm/automount.log.
To turn tracing off, send the signal
SIGUSR2
again.
The automount Daemon
In some releases of HP-UX, there are two versions of
automount,
autofs and the old automounter.
They are both documented in
automount(1M).
To use autofs instead of
the old automount daemon, set the
AUTOFS
variable to 1 in
/etc/rc.config.d/nfsconf.
EXIT STATUS
automountd
returns:
EXAMPLES
To turn on tracing, enter:
/usr/lib/netsvc/fs/autofs/automountd -T
or
No messages are displayed by the trace.
Check the results in
/var/adm/automount.log.
AUTHOR
automountd
was developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
FILES
- /etc/auto_master
master map for automounter
- /var/adm/automount.log
log file for automountd
- /usr/lib/netsvc/fs/autofs/automountd
autofs daemon
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