autodir(8) manage home directories

SYNOPSIS

autodir [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION

autodir is a command to organize home directories, usually for user accounts from a centralized database like LDAP, SQL, NIS, etc... It also has transparent backup features.

OPTIONS

-d DIR
Specifies the virtual base directory; the mount point for the autofs filesystem. If DIR does not exist, it will be created. An absolute path is expected for this option.
-t SECONDS
Expiration timeout for virtual directories. If a directory is inactive for SECONDS, it will be unmounted.
-m MODULE
Module to be used with autodir. The full path to MODULE is expected.
-n
Do not kill the backup process and wait for it to finish.
-N
Do not kill the backup process, but do NOT wait for it to finish.
-o SUBOPTS
All options SUBOPTS are passed to the module. This option passing syntax is similar to that of the mount command with its -o option. See specific module's documentation for more info.
-f
q Run in the foreground and log all messages to the console. For debugging purpose and to see how autodir works.
-l FILE
Full path to a file in which autodir will write its process id.
-h
Display help about autodir options.
-v
Display version information.
-V
Use verbose logging.
-b PROG
This option is to specify the program to use for backups, as well as options for it. The path to PROG should be absolute.
-w SECONDS
Whenever a virtual directory is not used for a period of time, it is assumed inactive and is unmounted. Then, a backup is immediately started. With this option, you can specify to wait SECONDS before the backup starts. If this option is absent, the backup will start immediately.
-p NUMBER
Backup process priority. This value is from 1-40, with 1 being highest priority and 40 being lowest. The default value is 30.
-c NUMBER
This restricts the number of backup processes to NUMBER at any given time. The default value is 150. # manpage written on Nov. 24, 2010 by Timmy