autofs-5.1.0 - update man page autofs(8) for systemd

From: Ian Kent <ikent@redhat.com>

Update the autofs(8) man page to account for systems using systemd.

---

 CHANGELOG       |    1 +

 man/autofs.8.in |   51 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------

 2 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

--- autofs-5.0.7.orig/CHANGELOG

+++ autofs-5.0.7/CHANGELOG

@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@

 - fix reset amd lexer scan buffer.

 - ignore multiple commas in options strings.

 - clarify multiple mounts description.

+- update man page autofs(8) for systemd.

 25/07/2012 autofs-5.0.7

 =======================

--- autofs-5.0.7.orig/man/autofs.8.in

+++ autofs-5.0.7/man/autofs.8.in

@@ -1,23 +1,30 @@

 .TH AUTOFS 8 "9 Sep 1997"

 .SH NAME

-@@initdir@@/autofs \- Control Script for automounter

+Service control for the automounter

 .SH SYNOPSIS

+If a SysV init script system is being used:

+.br

 .B @@initdir@@/autofs

 .I start|stop|restart|reload|status

+.P

+or if the systemd init system is being used:

+.br

+.B systemctl

+.I start|stop|restart|reload|status

+.B autofs.service

 .SH "DESCRIPTION"

 .B autofs

 controls the operation of the

 .BR automount (8)

-daemons running on the Linux system. Usually

+daemon(s) running on the Linux system. Usually

 .B autofs

 is invoked at system boot time with the

 .I start

 parameter and at shutdown time with the

 .I stop

-parameter. The

-.B autofs

-script can also be manually invoked by the system administrator to shut

-down, restart or reload the automounters.

+parameter. Service control actions can also be manually invoked by

+the system administrator to shut down, restart, reload or obtain

+service status.

 .P

 .SH "OPERATION"

 .B autofs

@@ -31,28 +38,44 @@ will mount and start a thread, with the

 manage the mount point.

 .P

 .B @@initdir@@/autofs reload

-will check the current auto.master map against running daemons. It will kill

-those daemons whose entries have changed and then start daemons for new or  

-changed entries.

+or

+.B systemctl autofs.service reload

+will check the current auto.master map against the current automount managed

+mounts. It will terminate those daemons or threads (depending on

+.B autofs

+version) whose entries have been removed, re-read the automount maps for

+entries that have changed and start new daemons or threads for entries

+that have been added.

 .P

-If a map is modified then the change will become effective immediately. If

-the

+If an indirect map is modified then the change will become effective immediately.

+If an indirect map uses the

+.B browse

+option, the master map contains direct mount maps or the

 .I auto.master

 map is modified then the

 .B autofs

-script must be rerun to activate the changes.

+service control reload action must be rerun to activate the changes.

 .P

 .B @@initdir@@/autofs status

+or

+.B systemctl autofs.service status

 will display the status of,

 .BR automount (8)

-,running or not.

+,running or not. When using the systemd init system the status output includes

+somewhat more information related to the service status.

+.P

+.B systemctl(1)

+has more functions than the actions mentioned here, see

+.B systemctl(1)

+for more information.

 .SH "SEE ALSO"

 .BR automount (8),

 .BR autofs (5),

 .BR autofs.conf (5),

 .BR auto.master (5).

 .BR autofs_ldap_auth.conf (5)

+.BR systemctl(1)

 .SH AUTHOR

 This manual page was written by Christoph Lameter <chris@waterf.org>,

 for the Debi GNU/Linux system.  Edited by H. Peter Anvin

-<hpa@transmeta.com>.

+<hpa@transmeta.com> and Ian Kent <raven@themaw.net>.