1automountd(1M)          System Administration Commands          automountd(1M)
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NAME

6       automountd - autofs mount/unmount daemon
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SYNOPSIS

9       automountd [-Tvn] [-D name=value]
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DESCRIPTION

13       automountd  is an RPC server that answers file system mount and unmount
14       requests from the autofs file system. It uses local files or name  ser‐
15       vice  maps  to  locate  file  systems  to  be  mounted.  These maps are
16       described with the automount(1M) command.
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19       If automount finds any non-trivial entries in either the local or  dis‐
20       tributed  automount  maps and if the daemon is not running already, the
21       automountd daemon is automatically invoked by automount(1M). automountd
22       enables  the  svc:/network/nfs/nlockmgr  service  (lockd(1M)),  and the
23       svc:/network/nfs/status service (statd(1M)), if NFS mounts need  to  be
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27       At  startup, the automountd daemon is invoked as is invoked as the sys‐
28       tem/filesystem/autofs:default service. See NOTES.
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OPTIONS

31       The following options are supported:
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33       -D name=value    Assign value to the indicated automount map  substitu‐
34                        tion  variable.  These  assignments  cannot be used to
35                        substitute variables in the master map auto_master.
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38       -n               Turn off browsing for all autofs  mount  points.  This
39                        option  overrides the -browse autofs map option on the
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43       -T               Trace. Expand each RPC call  and  display  it  on  the
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USAGE

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

55       /etc/auto_master       Master map for automounter.
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58       /etc/default/autofs    Supplies default values for parameters for auto‐
59                              mount and automountd. See autofs(4).
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ATTRIBUTES

63       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
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68       ┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
69       │      ATTRIBUTE TYPE         │      ATTRIBUTE VALUE        │
70       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
71       │Availability                 │SUNWcsu                      │
72       └─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
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SEE ALSO

75       svcs(1),  automount(1M),  svcadm(1M),  autofs(4), attributes(5), large‐
76       file(5), smf(5)
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NOTES

79       The automountd service is managed by the service  management  facility,
80       smf(5), under the service identifier:
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87       Administrative actions on this service, such as enabling, disabling, or
88       requesting restart, can be performed using  svcadm(1M).  The  service's
89       status  can  be queried using svcs(1). If it is disabled, it is enabled
90       by automount(1M) unless the application/auto_enable property is set  to
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