1AUTOFS(8)                   System Manager's Manual                  AUTOFS(8)
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NAME

6       /etc/rc.d/init.d/autofs - Control Script for automounter
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SYNOPSIS

9       /etc/rc.d/init.d/autofs start|stop|restart|reload|status
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DESCRIPTION

12       autofs control the operation of the automount(8) daemons running on the
13       Linux system. Usually autofs is invoked at system boot  time  with  the
14       start  parameter and at shutdown time with the stop parameter. The aut‐
15       ofs script can also manually be invoked by the system administrator  to
16       shut down, restart or reload the automounters.
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OPERATION

19       autofs   will   consult  a  configuration  file  /etc/auto.master  (see
20       auto.master(5)) by default to find mount points on the system. For each
21       of  those mount points automount(8) will mount and start a thread, with
22       the appropriate parameters, to manage the mount point.
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24       /etc/rc.d/init.d/autofs reload will check the current  auto.master  map
25       against  running daemons. It will kill those daemons whose entries have
26       changed and then start daemons for new or changed entries.
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28       If a map is modified then the change will become effective immediately.
29       If the auto.master map is modified then the autofs script must be rerun
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32       /etc/rc.d/init.d/autofs status will display the status of, automount(8)
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SEE ALSO

36       automount(8), autofs(5), auto.master(5).
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AUTHOR

39       This  manual  page was written by Christoph Lameter <chris@waterf.org>,
40       for the Debi GNU/Linux system.  Edited by H.  Peter  Anvin  <hpa@trans‐
41       meta.com>.
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45                                  9 Sep 1997                         AUTOFS(8)
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