AUTOMOUNT(8) | System Manager's Manual | AUTOMOUNT(8)

# NAME

`automount` — update autofs mounts

# SYNOPSIS

`automount` | [`-cfLuv`] [`-D` name=value] [`-o` options]

# DESCRIPTION

When called without options, the `automount` command parses the auto_master(5) configuration file and any direct maps that it references, and mounts or unmounts autofs(5) file systems to match. These options are available:

`-c`
  Flush caches, discarding possibly stale information obtained from maps and directory services.
`-D`
  Define a variable. It is only useful with `-L`.
`-f`
  Force unmount, to be used with `-u`.
`-L`
  Do not mount or unmount anything. Instead parse auto_master(5) and any direct maps, then print them to standard output. When specified more than once, all the maps, including indirect ones, will be parsed and shown. This is useful when debugging configuration problems.
`-o`
  Specify mount options to be used along with the ones specified in the maps. It is only useful with `-L`.
`-u`
  Try to unmount file systems mounted by automountd(8). autofs(5) mounts are not unmounted. To unmount all autofs(5) mounts, use `umount -At autofs`.
`-v`
  Increase verbosity.

# EXIT STATUS

The `automount` utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

# EXAMPLES

Unmount all file systems mounted by automountd(8):

``automount` `-u``

# SEE ALSO

auto_master(5), autofs(5), automountd(8), autounmountd(8)

# HISTORY

The `automount` command appeared in FreeBSD 10.1. The `automount` command appeared in DragonFly 4.5. The `automount` command appeared in NetBSD 9.0.

# AUTHORS

The `automount` was developed by Edward Tomasz Napierala <trasz@FreeBSD.org> under sponsorship from the FreeBSD Foundation.

The `automount` was ported to DragonFly and NetBSD by Tomohiro Kusumi <tkusumi@netbsd.org>.

November 25, 2017 | NetBSD 11.0