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Date:      Wed, 19 Nov 2014 19:46:59 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Edward Tomasz Napierala <trasz@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r274723 - head/usr.sbin/autofs
Message-ID:  <201411191946.sAJJkxTm072858@svn.freebsd.org>

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Author: trasz
Date: Wed Nov 19 19:46:58 2014
New Revision: 274723
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/274723

Log:
  Make the auto_master(5) man page clearer on how auto_master
  and map files work together, and add example for smbfs.
  
  Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D1184
  Reviewed by:	wblock@
  MFC after:	1 month
  Sponsored by:	The FreeBSD Foundation

Modified:
  head/usr.sbin/autofs/auto_master.5

Modified: head/usr.sbin/autofs/auto_master.5
==============================================================================
--- head/usr.sbin/autofs/auto_master.5	Wed Nov 19 19:43:39 2014	(r274722)
+++ head/usr.sbin/autofs/auto_master.5	Wed Nov 19 19:46:58 2014	(r274723)
@@ -27,13 +27,17 @@
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd November 17, 2014
+.Dd November 19, 2014
 .Dt AUTO_MASTER 5
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
 .Nm auto_master
 .Nd auto_master and map file format
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
+The automounter configuration consists of the
+.Nm
+configuration file, which assigns filesystem paths to map names,
+and maps, which contain actual mount information.
 The
 .Nm
 configuration file is used by the
@@ -132,8 +136,12 @@ The special option
 .Li fstype
 is used to specify filesystem type.
 It is not passed to the mount program as an option.
-Instead, it is passed as argument to
+Instead, it is passed as an argument to
 .Cm "mount -t".
+The default
+.Li fstype
+is
+.Ql nfs .
 The special option
 .Li nobrowse
 is used to disable creation of top-level directories for special
@@ -153,9 +161,11 @@ prefix it with colon.
 For example,
 .Li :/dev/cd0 .
 .Pp
-This example, when used with the
+This example, when put into
+.Pa /etc/auto_example ,
+and with
 .Nm
-example above, specifies that the NFS share
+referring to the map as described above, specifies that the NFS share
 .Li 192.168.1.1:/share/example/x
 will be mounted on
 .Pa /example/x/
@@ -163,11 +173,18 @@ when any process attempts to access that
 .Li intr
 and
 .Li nfsv4
-mount options:
+mount options, described in
+.Xr mount_nfs 8 :
 .Bd -literal -offset indent
 .Li x -intr,nfsv4 192.168.1.1:/share/example/x
 .Ed
 .Pp
+Automatically mount an SMB share on access, as a guest user,
+without prompting for a password:
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+.Li share -fstype=smbfs,-N ://@server/share
+.Ed
+.Pp
 Automatically mount the CD drive on access:
 .Bd -literal -offset indent
 .Li cd -fstype=cd9660 :/dev/cd0
@@ -224,6 +241,7 @@ and this in
 map file:
 .Bd -literal -offset indent
 .Li /example/x -intr,nfsv4 192.168.1.1:/share/example/x
+.Li /example/share -fstype=smbfs,-N ://@server/share
 .Li /example/cd -fstype=cd9660 :/dev/cd0
 .Ed
 .Sh DIRECTORY SERVICES



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