What is the difference between the autoFS options AUTOMOUNT_OPTIONS and AUTOMOUNTD_OPTIONS

[Gary Cooper_1]

nfsconf says that AUTOMOUNT_OPTIONS is for the automount command and AUTOMOUNTD_OPTIONS is for the automountd daemon, but where should I put the "-f $AUTO_MASTER" parameter?

Can I assign the value to both variables?

Thanks,

Gary Cooper

[harry d brown jr]

If you are using the NEW automounter: autofs, AUTOFS=1, then set the AUTOMOUNTD_OPTIONS, otherwise use the older variables.

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harry

[S.K. Chan]

This is the way I do it. In my case I'm using the new automounter (ie my automounter processes are ..
# ps -ef|grep auto
....../usr/sbin/automountd
......autofs_proc
In my "nfsconf" file ..

AUTOMOUNT=1
AUTO_MASTER="/etc/auto_master"
AUTO_OPTIONS="-f $AUTO_MASTER"
....
AUTOMOUNT_OPTIONS=""
AUTOMOUNTD_OPTIONS=""
AUTOFS=1
....

Because by setting AUTOMOUNT=1 and AUTOFS=1 I'm telling it to run the new automounter. And setting "-f $AUTO_MASTER" in AUTO_OPTIONS is good enough to take care of it.

[Sajid_1]

hello,

what you said is right. both these parameters are different. To answer your question, you have to put the entry with "AUTO_OPTIONS" and this will pass an option for automount command.

hth