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NAME
       /etc/init.d/autofs - Control Script for automounter


SYNOPSIS
       /etc/init.d/autofs start|stop|restart|reload|status


DESCRIPTION
       autofs  control  the operation of the automount(8) daemons running on the Linux system. Usually autofs is
       invoked at system boot time with the start parameter and at shutdown time with the  stop  parameter.  The
       autofs  script  can  also manually be invoked by the system administrator to shut down, restart or reload
       the automounters.


OPERATION
       autofs will consult a configuration file /etc/auto.master (see auto.master(5)) by default to  find  mount
       points on the system. For each of those mount points automount(8) will mount and start a thread, with the
       appropriate parameters, to manage the mount point.

       /etc/init.d/autofs reload will check the current auto.master map against running daemons.  It  will  kill
       those daemons whose entries have changed and then start daemons for new or changed entries.

       If  a  map  is  modified  then  the  change  will become effective immediately. If the auto.master map is
       modified then the autofs script must be rerun to activate the changes.

       /etc/init.d/autofs status will display the status of, automount(8), running or not.


SEE ALSO
       automount(8), autofs(5), auto.master(5).  autofs_ldap_auth.conf(5)


AUTHOR
       This manual page was written by Christoph Lameter <chris@waterf.org>, for the  Debian  GNU/Linux  system.
       Edited by H. Peter Anvin <hpa@transmeta.com>.

                                                   9 Sep 1997                                          AUTOFS(8)