NFS Administration Guide

Setting Up Autofs

This section includes procedures to start and stop the autofs service.

How to Start the Automounter

    To enable the daemon without rebooting, become superuser and type the following command.


# /etc/init.d/autofs start

This starts the daemon.

How to Stop the Automounter

    To disable the daemon without rebooting, become superuser and type the following command.


# /etc/init.d/autofs stop