Module Name: src
Committed By: wiz
Date: Tue Jan 23 14:58:46 UTC 2018
Modified Files:
src/sbin/mount_autofs: mount_autofs.8
Log Message:
Improve description of options. Based on comments by Tomohiro Kusumi.
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cvs rdiff -u -r1.4 -r1.5 src/sbin/mount_autofs/mount_autofs.8
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Modified files:
Index: src/sbin/mount_autofs/mount_autofs.8
diff -u src/sbin/mount_autofs/mount_autofs.8:1.4 src/sbin/mount_autofs/mount_autofs.8:1.5
--- src/sbin/mount_autofs/mount_autofs.8:1.4 Mon Jan 22 10:41:18 2018
+++ src/sbin/mount_autofs/mount_autofs.8 Tue Jan 23 14:58:46 2018
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: mount_autofs.8,v 1.4 2018/01/22 10:41:18 wiz Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: mount_autofs.8,v 1.5 2018/01/23 14:58:46 wiz Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2018 The DragonFly Project
.\" All rights reserved.
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd January 22, 2018
+.Dd January 23, 2018
.Dt MOUNT_AUTOFS 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -41,6 +41,13 @@
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
+command should not usually be called by admins.
+Use
+.Xr automount 8
+instead.
+.Pp
+The
+.Nm
command attaches the automounter filesystem on the
.Ar autofs
device on to the file system tree at point
@@ -52,23 +59,37 @@ and
are converted to absolute paths before use.
.Pp
This command is normally executed by
-.Xr mount 8
-at boot time.
+.Xr automount 8 .
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl f
-Set the automount
+Set the
.Ar from
-parameter.
+location for
+.Xr autofs 5 .
+This argument is usually read from
+.Pa /etc/auto_master
+by
+.Xr automount 8 .
.It Fl o
Set the mount options.
See the
.Xr mount 8
man page for possible options and their meanings.
.It Fl O
-Set the automounter options.
+Set the
+.Xr autofs 5
+options.
+See the
+.Op Fl options
+in
+.Sx AUTO_MASTER SYNTAX
+of
+.Xr auto_master 5 .
.It Fl p
-Set the automounter prefix.
+Set the
+.Xr autofs 5
+prefix, below which the file system(s) will be mounted.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr autofs 5 ,
