automountd —
daemon handling autofs mount requests
  
    | automountd | [ -div] [-Dname=value] [-mmaxproc] [-ooptions] | 
The automountd daemon is responsible for handling
  autofs(5) mount requests,
  parsing maps, and mounting file systems they specify. On startup,
  automountd forks into background and waits for kernel
  requests. When a request is received, automountd forks
  a child process. The child process parses the appropriate map and mounts file
  systems accordingly. Then it signals the kernel to release blocked processes
  that were waiting for the mount.
  - -D
- Define a variable.
- -d
- Debug mode: increase verbosity and do not daemonize.
- -i
- For indirect mounts, only create subdirectories if there are no wildcard
      entries. Without -i,automountdcreates all the subdirectories it can.
      Users may not realize that the wildcard map entry makes it possible to
      access directories that have not yet been created.
- -mmaxproc
- Limit the number of forked automountdprocesses,
      and thus the number of mount requests being handled in parallel. The
      default is 30.
- -ooptions
- Specify mount options. Options specified here will be overridden by
      options entered in maps or
      auto_master(5).
- -v
- Increase verbosity.
Theautomountd utility exits 0 on success,
  and >0 if an error occurs.
The automountd daemon appeared in
  FreeBSD 10.1. The automountd
  daemon appeared in DragonFly 4.5. The
  automountd command appeared in NetBSD
  9.0.
The automountd was developed by Edward
  Tomasz Napierala
  <trasz@FreeBSD.org>
  under sponsorship from the FreeBSD Foundation.
automountd was ported to
    DragonFly and NetBSD by
    Tomohiro Kusumi
    <kusumi.tomohiro@gmail.com>.