Manual Pages  — AUTOFS

To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following line in the kernel configuration file: options AUTOFS

Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5):

autofs_load="YES"

The autofs driver is the kernel component of the automounter infrastructure. Its job is to pass mount requests to the automountd(8) daemon, and pause the processes trying to access the automounted filesystem until the mount is completed. It is mounted by the automount(8).

The following variables are available as both sysctl(8) variables and loader(8) tunables:

vfs.autofs.debug
	Verbosity level for log messages from the autofs driver. Set to 0 to disable logging or 1 to warn about potential problems. Larger values enable debugging output. Defaults to 1.
vfs.autofs.interruptible
	Set to 1 to allow mount requests to be interrupted by signal. Defaults to 1.
vfs.autofs.retry_delay
	Number of seconds before retrying mount requests. Defaults to 1.
vfs.autofs.retry_attempts
	Number of attempts before failing mount. Defaults to 3.
vfs.autofs.cache
	Number of seconds to wait before reinvoking automountd(8) for any given file or directory. Defaults to 600.
vfs.autofs.timeout
	Number of seconds to wait for automountd(8) to handle the mount request. Defaults to 30.
vfs.autofs.mount_on_stat
	Set to 1 to trigger mount on stat(2) on mountpoint. Defaults to 0.

auto_master(5), automount(8), automountd(8), autounmountd(8)