How Autofs Starts the Navigation Process
The automount
command reads the master map at system startup. Each entry in the master map is a direct map name or an indirect map name, its path, and its mount options. The specific order of the entries is not important.
Navigation Through the Master Map
![Graphic shows what information is used by the automount command to mount or unmount a file system. Graphic shows what information is used by the automount command to mount or unmount a file system.](img/fig373.jpg)
This figure shows that automount
compares entries in the master map with entries in the mount table to generate a current list.