No, I think he means the kernel VFS layer based AutoFS... ala SUN
which was ported to AIX and I'm sure a bunch more platforms..
> On Tue, 24 Oct 2000 20:52:22 -0400 you said:
> On Tue, Oct 24, 2000 at 05:24:06PM -0700, Jim Pirzyk wrote:
> > I was wondering if there is anyone working on AutoFS for FreeBSD. We
> > currently have 4 studios with around 1000 unix systems of all kinds.
> > Currently there are only 2 OSes that do not have autofs, FreeBSD and one
> > that is known for its number crunching capabilties (and those are being
> > phased out of production). Amd will not meet our needs because of the
> > use of sym links. This is why AutoFS was written in the first place.
> > I quote the 1993 USENIX paper on AutoFS (check
> >
>http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/cinci93/full_papers/callaghan.txt
> > for the full paper).
> >
>
> Do you mean amd(8)?
>
> AMD(8) FreeBSD System Manager's Manual AMD(8)
>
> NAME
> amd - automatically mount file systems
>
> ...
>
> DESCRIPTION
> Amd is a daemon that automatically mounts filesystems whenever a file or
> directory within that filesystem is accessed. Filesystems are automati-
> cally unmounted when they appear to be quiescent.
>
> ...
>
> HISTORY
> The amd utility first appeared in 4.4BSD.
>
> BSD April 19, 1994 3
>
>
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