autofsd(1M)

NAME
     autofsd - AutoFS mount/unmount daemon

SYNOPSIS
     autofsd [ -vT ] [ -p priority ] [ -tp duration ] [ -D name=value ]

DESCRIPTION
     autofsd is an RPC server that answers filesystem 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 autofs(1M) command.

     The autofsd daemon is started during system initialization from the
     /etc/init.d/network script if the configuration flags ``nfs'' and
     ``autofs'' are set ``on''. Type the following commands as super-user to
     enable AutoFS:

          /etc/chkconfig nfs on
          /etc/chkconfig autofs on

     Rebooting will invoke the autofs command and start the autofsd daemon
     with the options contained in the file /etc/config/autofs.options.  The
     autofs command passes mount point configuration information found in the
     file /etc/auto_master to autofsd. Do not kill autofsd to change the
     AutoFS configuration. Run the autofs command to cause changes in the
     configuration maps to take affect.

OPTIONS
     -v   Verbose.  Log status messages to the console.

     -T   Trace. Expand each RPC call and display it on the standard output.

     -p  priority
          Set the (non-degrading) priority of the daemon process.  The default
          is NDPNORMAX (40).

     -tp  duration
          Specify the duration, in seconds, that the results of a probe of a
          server's availability will remain cached.  The default is 5 seconds.

     -D name=value
          Assign value to the indicated AutoFS map substitution variable.
          These assignments cannot be used to substitute variables in the
          master map, auto_master.

FILES
     /etc/auto_master    master map for AutoFS
     /etc/config/autofs.options
                         options and arguments for the autofs command and the
                         autofsd daemon.
SEE ALSO
     autofs(1M), mount(1M), chkconfig(1M), schedctl(2)