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+.\"
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+.\" Copyright 1989 AT&T
+.\" Copyright (c) 2004, Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved
+.\" Copyright 2016 Nexenta Systems, Inc.
+.\"
+.Dd March 1, 2016
+.Dt AUTOMOUNTD 8
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm automountd
+.Nd autofs mount/unmount daemon
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Nm
+.Op Fl nTv
+.Op Fl D Ar name Ns = Ns Ar value
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+.Nm
+is an RPC server that answers file system mount and unmount requests from the
+.Nm autofs
+file system.
+It uses local files or name service maps to locate file systems to be mounted.
+These maps are described with the
+.Xr automount 8
+command.
+.Pp
+If
+.Nm automount
+finds any non-trivial entries in either the local or distributed automount maps
+and if the daemon is not running already, the
+.Nm
+daemon is automatically invoked by
+.Xr automount 8 .
+.Nm
+enables the svc:/network/nfs/nlockmgr service
+.Pq Xr lockd 8 ,
+and the svc:/network/nfs/status service
+.Pq Xr statd 8 ,
+if NFS mounts need to be done.
+.Sh OPTIONS
+The following options are supported:
+.Bl -tag -width Ds
+.It Fl D Ar name Ns = Ns Ar value
+Assign
+.Ar value
+to the indicated
+.Nm automount
+map substitution variable.
+These assignments cannot be used to substitute variables in the master map
+.Sy auto_master .
+.It Fl n
+Turn off browsing for all
+.Nm autofs
+mount points.
+This option overrides the
+.Sy -browse
+.Nm autofs
+map option on the local host.
+.It Fl T
+Trace.
+Expand each RPC call and display it on the standard output.
+.It Fl v
+Verbose.
+Log status messages to the console.
+.El
+.Sh USAGE
+See
+.Xr largefile 7
+for the description of the behavior of
+.Nm
+when encountering files greater than or equal to 2 Gbyte
+.Pq 2^31 bytes .
+.Sh FILES
+.Bl -tag -width Ds
+.It Pa /etc/auto_master
+Master map for automounter.
+.El
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr svcs 1 ,
+.Xr autofs 5 ,
+.Xr attributes 7 ,
+.Xr largefile 7 ,
+.Xr smf 7 ,
+.Xr automount 8 ,
+.Xr svcadm 8
+.Sh NOTES
+The
+.Nm
+service is managed by the service management facility,
+.Xr smf 7 ,
+under the service identifier:
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+svc:/system/filesystem/autofs
+.Ed
+.Pp
+Administrative actions on this service, such as enabling, disabling, or
+requesting restart, can be performed using
+.Xr svcadm 8 .
+The service's status can be queried using
+.Xr svcs 1 .
+If it is disabled, it is enabled by
+.Xr automount 8
+unless the
+.Sy application Ns / Ns Sy auto_enable
+property is set to
+.Sy false .