Automounter

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An automounter is any program or software facility which automatically mounts filesystems in response to access operations by user programs. An automounter system utility (daemon under Unix), when notified of file and directory access attempts under selectively monitored subdirectory trees, dynamically and transparently makes local or remote devices accessible.

See also

• Linux
• Automounter
• AutoFS (Autofs)
• InformationSecurity:CheckList:Unix - Checklist of security items for Unix-like systems.

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• Wikipedia (en) Automounter
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