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AUTOFS.CONF(5)                             BSD File Formats Manual                            AUTOFS.CONF(5)

NAME
     autofs.conf -- automount(8) and automountd(8) configuration file

DESCRIPTION
     The autofs.conf file specifies various configuration options for automount(8) and automountd(8).

     autofs.conf consists of a series of lines, each of which may contain a line that sets a parameter, a
     comment, or a blank line.

     A line that sets a parameter has the format:
           parameter=value
     A ``#'' is the comment character, and all characters from it to the end of line are ignored.

     The parameters that are supported are:

     AUTOMOUNT_TIMEOUT
                   The number of seconds after which an automounted file system will be unmounted if it
                   hasn't been referred to within that period of time.  The default is 10 minutes (600 sec-onds). seconds).
                   onds).  This is equivalent to the -t option in automount(8).

     AUTOMOUNT_VERBOSE
                   TRUE or FALSE; if TRUE, automount(8) will print more detailed information about the
                   actions it takes.  This is equivalent to the -v option to automount(8).

     AUTOMOUNTD_VERBOSE
                   TRUE or FALSE; if TRUE, automountd(8) will log to syslogd(8) more detailed information
                   about the actions it takes.  This is equivalent to the -v option to automountd(8).

     AUTOMOUNTD_NOBROWSE
                   TRUE or FALSE; if TRUE, automountd(8) will disable browsing of all maps.  This is equiva-lent equivalent
                   lent to the -n option to automountd(8).

     AUTOMOUNTD_TRACE
                   The trace level for logging information about requests received by automountd(8) from
                   autofs, processing done for those requests, and replies sent to autofs.  The default
                   level of 0 causes no information to be logged; each higher value causes more information
                   to be logged.  This controls the same trace level that the -T option to automountd(8)
                   controls.

     AUTOMOUNTD_MNTOPTS
                   A string containing a comma-separated list of mount options that will be applied, by
                   default, to all mounts done by automountd(8).  The options for a particular mount can
                   override these options.  This controls the same options that the -o option to
                   automountd(8) controls.

     AUTOMOUNTD_ENV
                   A string of the form
                         name=value
                   that causes the environment variable name to be set to the value value in automountd(8).
                   Environment variables can be referred to in map entries; the value of the environment
                   variable is substituted for the reference to the variable.  This is equivalent to the -D
                   option to automountd(8).

FILES
     /etc/autofs.conf  This file.

SEE ALSO
     auto_master(5), automount(8), automountd(8)

Darwin                                         March 27, 2007                                         Darwin