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Index: usr.sbin/autofs/auto_master.5
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--- usr.sbin/autofs/auto_master.5
+++ usr.sbin/autofs/auto_master.5
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd November 22, 2014
+.Dd January 9, 2015
.Dt AUTO_MASTER 5
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -172,6 +172,42 @@
.Li * 192.168.1.1:/share/&
.Ed
.Pp
+The
+.Ar location
+field may contain references to variables, like:
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+.Li sys 192.168.1.1:/sys/${OSNAME}
+.Ed
+.Pp
+Defined variables are:
+.Pp
+.Bl -tag -width "-OSNAME" -compact
+.It Li ARCH
+Expands to the output of
+.Li "uname -p" .
+.It Li CPU
+Same as ARCH.
+.It Li HOST
+Expands to the output of
+.Li "uname -n" .
+.It Li OSNAME
+Expands to the output of
+.Li "uname -s" .
+.It Li OSREL
+Expands to the output of
+.Li "uname -r" .
+.It Li OSVERS
+Expands to the output of
+.Li "uname -v" .
+.El
+.Pp
+Additional variables can be defined with the
+.Fl D
+option of
+.Xr automount 8
+and
+.Xr automountd 8 .
+.Pp
To pass a location that begins with
.Li / ,
prefix it with a colon.
@@ -217,8 +253,10 @@
This map is traditionally mounted on
.Pa /net .
Access to files on a remote NFS server is provided through the
-.Pa /net/nfs-server-ip/share-name/
+.Pf /net/ Ar nfs-server-ip Ns / Ns Ar share-name Ns/
directory without any additional configuration.
+Directories for individual NFS servers are not present until the first access,
+when they are automatically created.
.It Li -media
Query devices that are not yet mounted, but contain valid filesystems.
Generally used to access files on removable media.
@@ -227,13 +265,27 @@
.Xr automountd 8
from mounting anything on the mountpoint.
.El
+.Pp
+It is possible to add custom special maps by adding them, as executable
+maps named
+.Pa special_foo ,
+to the
+.Pa /etc/autofs/
+directory.
.Sh EXECUTABLE MAPS
If the map file specified in
.Nm
-has execute bit set, the
+has the execute bit set, the
.Xr automountd 8
will execute it and parse the standard output instead of parsing
the file contents.
+When called without command line arguments, the executable is
+expected to output a list of available map keys separated by
+newline characters.
+Otherwise, the executable will be called with a key name as
+a command line argument.
+Output from the executable is expected to be the entry for that key,
+without the key itself.
.Sh INDIRECT VERSUS DIRECT MAPS
Indirect maps are referred to in
.Nm
@@ -300,6 +352,9 @@
The default location of the
.Pa auto_master
file.
+.It Pa /etc/autofs/
+Directory containing shell scripts to implement special maps and directory
+service.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr autofs 5 ,

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