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<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Man page of AUTOFS</TITLE>
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<H1>AUTOFS</H1>
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Section: Maintenance Commands (8)<BR>Updated: 9 Sep 1997<BR><A HREF="#index">Index</A>
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<A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html">Return to Main Contents</A><HR>
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<A NAME="lbAB"> </A>
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<H2>NAME</H2>
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autofs - Service control for the automounter
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<A NAME="lbAC"> </A>
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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2>
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If a SysV init script system is being used:
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<BR>
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<B>/etc/init.d/autofs</B>
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<I>start|stop|restart|reload|status</I>
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<P>
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or if the systemd init system is being used:
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<BR>
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<B>systemctl</B>
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<I>start|stop|restart|reload|status</I>
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<B>autofs.service</B>
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<A NAME="lbAD"> </A>
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2>
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<B>autofs</B>
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controls the operation of the
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<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?8+automount">automount</A></B>(8)
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daemon(s) running on the Linux system. Usually
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<B>autofs</B>
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is invoked at system boot time with the
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<I>start</I>
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parameter and at shutdown time with the
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<I>stop</I>
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parameter. Service control actions can also be manually invoked by
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the system administrator to shut down, restart, reload or obtain
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service status.
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<P>
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<A NAME="lbAE"> </A>
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<H2>OPERATION</H2>
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<B>autofs</B>
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will consult a configuration file
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<I>/etc/auto.master</I>
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(see
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<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?5+auto.master">auto.master</A></B>(5))
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by default to find mount points on the system. For each of those mount points
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<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?8+automount">automount</A></B>(8)
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will mount and start a thread, with the appropriate parameters, to
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manage the mount point.
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<P>
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<B>/etc/init.d/autofs reload</B>
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or
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<B>systemctl autofs.service reload</B>
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will check the current auto.master map against the current automount managed
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mounts. It will terminate those daemons or threads (depending on
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<B>autofs</B>
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version) whose entries have been removed, re-read the automount maps for
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entries that have changed and start new daemons or threads for entries
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that have been added.
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If an indirect map is modified then the change will become effective immediately.
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If an indirect map uses the
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<B>browse</B>
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option, the master map contains direct mount maps or the
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<I>auto.master</I>
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map is modified then the
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<B>autofs</B>
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service control reload action must be rerun to activate the changes.
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<P>
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However, if a map entry has offsets and is currently in use the offset
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mounts cannot be updated due to potential mount dependencies. In this
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case the map entry offsets will not be updated until after the map
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entry has expired.
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<P>
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<B>/etc/init.d/autofs status</B>
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or
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<B>systemctl autofs.service status</B>
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will display the status of,
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<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?8+automount">automount</A></B>(8),
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running or not. When using the systemd init system the status output includes
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somewhat more information related to the service status.
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<P>
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<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?1+systemctl">systemctl</A>(1)</B>
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has more functions than the actions mentioned here, see
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<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?1+systemctl">systemctl</A>(1)</B>
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for more information.
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<A NAME="lbAF"> </A>
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2>
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<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?8+automount">automount</A></B>(8),
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<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?5+autofs">autofs</A></B>(5),
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<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?5+autofs.conf">autofs.conf</A></B>(5),
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<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?5+auto.master">auto.master</A></B>(5),
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<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?5+autofs_ldap_auth.conf">autofs_ldap_auth.conf</A></B>(5),
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<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?1+systemctl">systemctl</A>(1).</B>
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<A NAME="lbAG"> </A>
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<H2>AUTHOR</H2>
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This manual page was written by Christoph Lameter <<A HREF="mailto:chris@waterf.org">chris@waterf.org</A>>,
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for the Debian GNU/Linux system. Edited by H. Peter Anvin
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<<A HREF="mailto:hpa@transmeta.com">hpa@transmeta.com</A>> and Ian Kent <<A HREF="mailto:raven@themaw.net">raven@themaw.net</A>>.
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<P>
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<A NAME="index"> </A><H2>Index</H2>
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<DL>
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<DT id="1"><A HREF="#lbAB">NAME</A><DD>
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<DT id="2"><A HREF="#lbAC">SYNOPSIS</A><DD>
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<DT id="3"><A HREF="#lbAD">DESCRIPTION</A><DD>
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<DT id="4"><A HREF="#lbAE">OPERATION</A><DD>
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<DT id="5"><A HREF="#lbAF">SEE ALSO</A><DD>
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<DT id="6"><A HREF="#lbAG">AUTHOR</A><DD>
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</DL>
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This document was created by
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<A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html">man2html</A>,
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using the manual pages.<BR>
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