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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/autofs.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/autofs.rst index 73a404070f0d..681c6a492bc0 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/autofs.rst +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/autofs.rst @@ -49,9 +49,10 @@ extra properties as described in the next section. Objects can only be created by the automount daemon: symlinks are created with a regular `symlink` system call, while directories and mount traps are created with `mkdir`. The determination of whether a -directory should be a mount trap or not is quite ad hoc, largely for -historical reasons, and is determined in part by the -*direct*/*indirect*/*offset* mount options, and the *maxproto* mount option. +directory should be a mount trap is based on a master map. This master +map is consulted by autofs to determine which directories are mount +points. Mount points can be *direct*/*indirect*/*offset*. +On most systems, the default master map is located at */etc/auto.master*. If neither the *direct* or *offset* mount options are given (so the mount is considered to be *indirect*), then the root directory is |