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25.Dd November 24, 2019
26.Dt MOUNT_AUTOFS 8
27.Os
28.Sh NAME
29.Nm mount_autofs
30.Nd mount autofs
31.Sh SYNOPSIS
32.Nm
33.Op Fl f Ar from
34.Op Fl o Ar options
35.Op Fl O Ar master_options
36.Op Fl p Ar master_prefix
37.Ar autofs
38.Ar mount_point
39.Sh DESCRIPTION
40The
41.Nm
42command should not usually be called by admins.
43Use
44.Xr automount 8
45instead.
46.Xr autofs 5
47is mountable using
48.Xr automount 8 ,
49which incorporates an
50.Xr auto_master 5
51parser, without having to specify
52.Xr autofs 5
53mount options via command line.
54.\" and that was the original intention of FreeBSD/autofs.
55.\" This is a low level version without auto_master(5) involved.
56.Pp
57The
58.Nm
59command attaches the automounter filesystem on the
60.Ar autofs
61device on to the file system tree at point
62.Ar mount_point .
63Both
64.Ar autofs
65and
66.Ar mount_point
67are converted to absolute paths before use.
68.Pp
69This command is normally executed by
70.Xr automount 8 .
71The options are as follows:
72.Bl -tag -width Ds
73.It Fl f
74Set the
75.Ar from
76location for
77.Xr autofs 5 .
78This argument is usually read from
79.Pa /etc/auto_master
80by
81.Xr automount 8 .
82.It Fl o
83Set the mount options.
84See the
85.Xr mount 8
86man page for possible options and their meanings.
87.It Fl O
88Set the
89.Xr autofs 5
90options.
91See the
92.Op Fl Ar options
93in
94.Sx AUTO_MASTER SYNTAX
95of
96.Xr auto_master 5 .
97.It Fl p
98Set the
99.Xr autofs 5
100prefix, below which the file system(s) will be mounted.
101.El
102.Sh SEE ALSO
103.Xr autofs 5 ,
104.Xr auto_master 5 ,
105.Xr fstab 5 ,
106.Xr automount 8 ,
107.Xr mount 8
108.Sh HISTORY
109The
110.Nm
111utility first appeared in
112.Nx 9.0 .
113The
114.Nm
115utility first appeared in
116.Dx 5.1 .
117.Sh AUTHORS
118The
119.Nm
120was ported to
121.Dx
122by
123.An Tomohiro Kusumi Aq Mt tkusumi@netbsd.org .
124