From e202e3ffecc2c3c8a97a51ccfd7b18f89d20992a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Edward Tomasz Napierala Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 19:46:58 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Make the auto_master(5) man page clearer on how auto_master and map files work together, and add example for smbfs. Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D1184 Reviewed by: wblock@ MFC after: 1 month Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation --- usr.sbin/autofs/auto_master.5 | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/usr.sbin/autofs/auto_master.5 b/usr.sbin/autofs/auto_master.5 index 892ce325af0..f7f369d4d73 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/autofs/auto_master.5 +++ b/usr.sbin/autofs/auto_master.5 @@ -27,13 +27,17 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd November 17, 2014 +.Dd November 19, 2014 .Dt AUTO_MASTER 5 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm auto_master .Nd auto_master and map file format .Sh DESCRIPTION +The automounter configuration consists of the +.Nm +configuration file, which assigns filesystem paths to map names, +and maps, which contain actual mount information. The .Nm configuration file is used by the @@ -132,8 +136,12 @@ The special option .Li fstype is used to specify filesystem type. It is not passed to the mount program as an option. -Instead, it is passed as argument to +Instead, it is passed as an argument to .Cm "mount -t". +The default +.Li fstype +is +.Ql nfs . The special option .Li nobrowse is used to disable creation of top-level directories for special @@ -153,9 +161,11 @@ prefix it with colon. For example, .Li :/dev/cd0 . .Pp -This example, when used with the +This example, when put into +.Pa /etc/auto_example , +and with .Nm -example above, specifies that the NFS share +referring to the map as described above, specifies that the NFS share .Li 192.168.1.1:/share/example/x will be mounted on .Pa /example/x/ @@ -163,11 +173,18 @@ when any process attempts to access that mountpoint, with .Li intr and .Li nfsv4 -mount options: +mount options, described in +.Xr mount_nfs 8 : .Bd -literal -offset indent .Li x -intr,nfsv4 192.168.1.1:/share/example/x .Ed .Pp +Automatically mount an SMB share on access, as a guest user, +without prompting for a password: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +.Li share -fstype=smbfs,-N ://@server/share +.Ed +.Pp Automatically mount the CD drive on access: .Bd -literal -offset indent .Li cd -fstype=cd9660 :/dev/cd0 @@ -224,6 +241,7 @@ and this in map file: .Bd -literal -offset indent .Li /example/x -intr,nfsv4 192.168.1.1:/share/example/x +.Li /example/share -fstype=smbfs,-N ://@server/share .Li /example/cd -fstype=cd9660 :/dev/cd0 .Ed .Sh DIRECTORY SERVICES