Starting automount

automount can be started from the command line or (more commonly) from the /etc/nfs script. Before starting automount, make sure that:

• there are no equivalent entries in /etc/default/filesys .

• all the entries in the maps refer to NFS exported files.

The syntax to invoke automount is:

automount [ options ]

See the automount(NADM)

manual page for a complete description of all options.

By default, the NFS startup script /etc/nfs starts automount at boot time through the lines:

   echo "automount\c"    automount -m -f /etc/auto.master

If the map is found, automount follows the directives contained within. If NIS is not running or the map is not found, automount exits silently.

You can also specify mount options that are the same as those for a standard NFS mount, excluding bg (background) and fg (foreground), which do not apply; see the mount(ADM) manual page.

It is possible to specify master map information, that is, mount points, map names, and mount options, on the automount command line itself:

automount /net -hosts /home /etc/auto.home /- /etc/auto.direct -r

This is equivalent to starting automount with no options and the following /etc/auto.master map:

   /net        -hosts
   /home       /etc/auto.home
   /-          /etc/auto.direct      -r

See also:

• ``Configuring automount''

• ``Stopping and restarting automount''

• ``Managing automount with NIS''

• automount(NADM)

• nfs(NADM)

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