NAME
autofs — file containing parameter values for the automountd daemon and the automount command
DESCRIPTION
The
autofs
file resides in directory
/etc/default
and supplies default parameters for the
automountd
daemon and the
automount
command.
The
autofs
file format is ASCII;
comment lines begin with the crosshatch
(#)
character.
Parameters consist of a keyword followed by an equal sign followed by the
parameter value.
This is the form of parameters in the file:
Initially the parameters in the
autofs
file are commented out with the
#
character.
Administrators can make changes to the startup parameters for
automountd
by logging in as root and editing the
autofs
file.
They would uncomment out a keyword-value line to make the value for
that parameter take effect.
Changes made to
autofs
values on an
automount
or
automountd
command line override
values in
/etc/default/autofs.
The following parameters are currently supported in the
autofs
file:
- AUTOMOUNT_TIMEOUT=num
Specifies a duration, in seconds, that a file system is to remain mounted
when not in use.
The default value is 600 (10 minutes).
Equivalent to the
-t
option in
automount.
- AUTOMOUNT_VERBOSE=TRUE | FALSE
Verbose mode for
automount.
Causes you to be notified of non-critical events, such as
autofs
mounts and unmounts.
The default value is
FALSE.
Equivalent to the
-v
option in
automount.
- AUTOMOUNTD_VERBOSE=TRUE | FALSE
Verbose mode for
automountd.
Causes status messages to be logged to the console.
The default value is
FALSE.
Equivalent to the
-v
option in
automountd.
- AUTOMOUNTD_NOBROWSE=num
Turn on or off browsing for all
autofs
mount points.
The default value is
FALSE.
Equivalent to the
-n
option in
automountd.
- AUTOMOUNTD_TRACE=num
Expands each RPC call and displays it on standard output.
The default value,
0,
turns off such tracing.
Starting with value
1,
and with each higher value, the verbosity of the trace output increases.
- AUTOMOUNTD_ENV=name=value
Environment variables.
Each environment variable-value pairing must be on its own line.
You can specify multiple such pairings.
There are no environment variable settings supplied.
For example:
AUTHOR
autofs
was developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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