Information about the package, autofs, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The autofs package is designed for, A tool for automatically mounting and unmounting filesystems.
Package Name:
autofs
Summary:
A tool for automatically mounting and unmounting filesystems
Description:
autofs is a daemon which automatically mounts filesystems when you use them, and unmounts them later when you are not using them. This can include network filesystems, CD-ROMs, floppies, and so forth.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
5.0.5
Release:
133.el6_9
Size:
729 k
Repository:
updates
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the autofs package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install autofs
This command will install autofs on the server.
yum remove autofs
This command will un-install autofs on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove autofs, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove autofs
This command will un-install autofs on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove autofs when using the -y flag.
yum update autofs
This command will update autofs to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove autofs, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update autofs
This command will update autofs to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove autofs when using the -y flag.
yum info autofs
This command will show you core information about the autofs package.
yum deplist autofs
This command will show you the dependencies for autofs. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update autofs
This command will check if there is an update waiting on autofs. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.