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Autofs is a client-side service that automatically mounts the appropriate file system. When a client attempts to access a file system that is not presently mounted, the autofs file system intercepts the request and calls to mount the requested directory.

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The daemon locates the directory, mounts it within autofs, and replies. On receiving the reply, autofs allows the waiting request to proceed. Subsequent references to the mount are redirected by the autofs--no further participation is required by until the file system is automatically unmounted by autofs after a period of inactivity.

The components that work together to accomplish automatic mounting are:

• The command

• The file system

• The daemon

The command, called at system startup time, reads the master map file to create the initial set of autofs mounts.

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These autofs mounts are not automatically mounted at startup time. They are points under which file systems are mounted in the future. These points are also known as trigger nodes.

After the autofs mounts are set up, they can trigger file systems

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