| Author | H. Peter Anvin, |
| Ian Kent | |
| Maintainer(s) | |
| Released | 2003 |
| Source | autofs.git |
| Man | automount.8 |
| Info |
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autofs is a kernel-based automounter for Linux. It performs a job similar to
amd(8) but relies on a small stub of kernel code instead of pretending to be an
NFS server. The result is simpler code, better reliability, and much faster
operation in the common case (everything already mounted.)