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

autofs.conf — automount(8) and automountd(8) configuration file

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:

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 1 hour (3600 seconds). This is equivalent to the -t option in automount(8).
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).
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).
or FALSE; if TRUE, automountd(8) will disable browsing of all maps. This is equivalent to the -n option to automountd(8).
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. The trace is logged to /var/log/system.log
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)
or FALSE; if TRUE, automountd(8) will force all mounts to have the "nosuid" mount option set.
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).

/etc/autofs.conf
This file.

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

March 27, 2007 Darwin