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AUTOFS(5)                     File Formats Manual                    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
     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
     <tkusumi@netbsd.org>.

NetBSD 10.99                   November 25, 2017                  NetBSD 10.99