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@@ -30,15 +30,15 @@ key advantages:
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-The "autofs4" filesystem module is only one part of an autofs system.
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+The "autofs" filesystem module is only one part of an autofs system.
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There also needs to be a user-space program which looks up names
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and mounts filesystems. This will often be the "automount" program,
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-though other tools including "systemd" can make use of "autofs4".
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+though other tools including "systemd" can make use of "autofs".
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This document describes only the kernel module and the interactions
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required with any user-space program. Subsequent text refers to this
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as the "automount daemon" or simply "the daemon".
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-"autofs4" is a Linux kernel module with provides the "autofs"
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+"autofs" is a Linux kernel module with provides the "autofs"
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filesystem type. Several "autofs" filesystems can be mounted and they
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can each be managed separately, or all managed by the same daemon.
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@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ of expiry.
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The VFS also supports "expiry" of mounts using the MNT_EXPIRE flag to
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the `umount` system call. Unmounting with MNT_EXPIRE will fail unless
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a previous attempt had been made, and the filesystem has been inactive
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-and untouched since that previous attempt. autofs4 does not depend on
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+and untouched since that previous attempt. autofs does not depend on
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this but has its own internal tracking of whether filesystems were
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recently used. This allows individual names in the autofs directory
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to expire separately.
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@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ which can be used to communicate directly with the autofs filesystem.
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It requires CAP_SYS_ADMIN for access.
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The `ioctl`s that can be used on this device are described in a separate
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-document `autofs4-mount-control.txt`, and are summarized briefly here.
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+document `autofs-mount-control.txt`, and are summarized briefly here.
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Each ioctl is passed a pointer to an `autofs_dev_ioctl` structure:
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struct autofs_dev_ioctl {
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