How Autofs Starts the Navigation Process (Master Map)

The automount command reads the master map at system startup. Each entry in the master map is a direct map name or an indirect map name, its path, and its mount options. The specific order of the entries is not important.

Figure 2-4  Navigation Through the Master Map

This figure shows that automount compares entries in the master map with entries in the mount table to generate a current list.