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System Administration Commands                     automountd(1M)



NAME
     automountd - autofs mount/unmount daemon

SYNOPSIS
     automountd [-Tvn] [-D name=value]


DESCRIPTION
     automountd is an RPC server that answers file  system  mount
     and  unmount  requests  from the autofs file system. It uses
     local files or name service maps to locate file  systems  to
     be  mounted. These maps are described with the automount(1M)
     command.


     If automount finds any non-trivial  entries  in  either  the
     local or distributed automount maps and if the daemon is not
     running already,  the  automountd  daemon  is  automatically
     invoked    by    automount(1M).   automountd   enables   the
     svc:/network/nfs/nlockmgr  service  (lockd(1M)),   and   the
     svc:/network/nfs/status  service  (statd(1M)), if NFS mounts
     need to be done.

  SMF Management
     The automountd service is managed by the service  management
     facility, smf(5), under the service identifier:

       svc:/system/filesystem/autofs




     Administrative actions on this service,  such  as  enabling,
     disabling,  or  requesting  restart,  can be performed using
     svcadm(1M).  The  service's  status  can  be  queried  using
     svcs(1).  If  it is disabled, it is enabled by automount(1M)
     unless the application/auto_enable property is set to false.


     Values for parameters for automountd are stored in  SMF  and
     manipulated  using  sharectl(1M). The following are the sup-
     ported parameters.

     automountd_verbose=TRUE | FALSE

         Verbose mode. Causes status messages to be logged to:

           /var/svc/log/system-filesystem-autofs:default.log


         See smf(5). The default value is  FALSE.  Equivalent  to
         the -v option.



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     nobrowse=ON | OFF

         Turn on or off browsing for all autofs mount points. The
         default value is OFF. Equivalent to the -n option.


     trace=num

         Expands each RPC call and logs it to:

           /var/svc/log/system-filesystem-autofs:default.log


         See smf(5). The default value, 0, turns off  such  trac-
         ing.  Starting  with 1, with each higher value, the ver-
         bosity of  trace  output  increases.  This  property  is
         equivalent to the -T option.


     environment=name=value

         Environment  variables.   You   can   specify   multiple
         name=value  pairs  with  a  comma separator. If there is
         more than one value for a name, use the  double  forward
         slash  to  indicate  that.  See  EXAMPLES.  There are no
         environment variable settings supplied. This property is
         equivalent to the -D option.



     All  the  above  parameters  can  be   changed   using   the
     sharectl(1M) command.

OPTIONS
     The following options are supported:

     -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.


     -n               Turn off  browsing  for  all  autofs  mount
                      points.  This  option overrides the -browse
                      autofs map option on the local host.


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






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     -v               Verbose. Log status messages  to  the  con-
                      sole.


USAGE
     See largefile(5) for the  description  of  the  behavior  of
     automountd  when encountering files greater than or equal to
     2 Gbyte ( 2^31 bytes).

EXAMPLES
     Example 1 Setting Verbose Mode


     The following command turns on verbose mode, causing  status
     messages  to  be  logged  to  the location specified in "SMF
     Management," above. See that section for  a  description  of
     the properties specified in this and following examples.


       # sharectl set -p automountd_verbose=true autofs



     Example 2 Turning on Browsing for Mount Points


     The following command turns on browsing for all autofs mount
     points.


       # sharectl set -p nobrowse=off autofs



     Example 3 Specifying and Displaying Environment Variables


     The following commands set and  display  the  value  for  an
     environment variable named DAY.


       # sharectl set -p environment=DAY=TUES autofs
       % sharectl get -p environment autofs
       environment=DAY=TUES




     The  following  command  sets  multiple  parameters  for  an
     environment  variable.  The  subsequent command displays the
     result.




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       # sharectl set -p environment=DAY=TUES,TIME=NOON autofs
       % sharectl get -p environment autofs
       environment=DAY=TUES,TIME=NOON




     The following command set multiple values for name  that  is
     assigned  to an environment variable. The subsequent command
     displays the result.


       # sharectl set -p environment=DAY=MON\\,TUE,TIME=NOON autofs
       % sharectl get -p environment autofs
       environment=DAY=MON\,TUE,TIME=NOON



FILES
     /etc/auto_master    Master map for automounter.


ATTRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:



     ____________________________________________________________
    |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Availability                | SUNWcs                      |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|


SEE ALSO
     svcs(1),  automount(1M),  sharectl(1M),  svcadm(1M),  attri-
     butes(5), largefile(5), smf(5)

















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