AUTOFS(5)

NAME
autofs - automounter filesystem

SYNOPSIS
options AUTOFS

DESCRIPTION
The autofs driver is the kernel component of the automounter infrastructure. Its job is to pass mount requests to the automountd(8) daemon, and pause the processes trying to access the automounted filesystem 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.

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), mount_autofs(8)

HISTORY
The autofs driver first appeared in FreeBSD 10.1. The autofs driver first appeared in DragonFly 4.5. The autofs driver first appeared in NetBSD 9.0.

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

The autofs was ported to DragonFly and NetBSD by Tomohiro Kusumi <kusumi.tomohiro@gmail.com>.