Aytomath prosarthsh einai h diadikasia opoy h prosarthsh (kai apoprosarthsh) sygkekrimenwn systhmatwn arxeiwn ginetai aytomata apo enan daimona. An to susthma arxeiwn den einai prosarthmeno, kai enas xrhsths prospa8hsei na to prospelasei, 8a prosarth8ei aytomata. Ayto einai idiaitera xrhsimo se megala diktywmena periballonta kai gia amoibaia prosarthmena systhmata arxeiwn metaju enos ari8mou mhxanwn (eidikotera gia aytes poy den einai synexws syndedemenes). Mporei na einai epishs polu xrhsimo gia afairoumenes syskeyes, h gia merikes alles xrhseis, opws h eukolh metagwgh metaju enos prosarthmenoy forced-on ascii conversion systhmatos arxeiwn dos kai enos prosarthmenoy forced-off ascii conversion dos systhmatos arxeiwn.
Yparxoyn duo eidh aytomaths prosarthshs sto linux; Ta AMD kai autofs. O AMD einai o daimonas aytomaths prosarthshs, kai ypo8etika doyleuei opws o SunOS AMD. Ylopoieitai ston xwro toy xrhsth, ennowntas oti den einai meros toy pyrhna. Den einai aparaithto gia ton pyrhna na antilambanetai aytomath prosarthsh ean kanete NFS prosarthsh sto topiko susthma, mesw toy AMD daimona, o opoios dromologei olh thn kinhsh toy aytomata prosartoumenoy systhmatos arxeiwn mesa apo to NFS susthma. To Autofs einai ena neotero susthma boh8oumeno apo ton pyrhna, ennowntas oti o kwdikas toy systhmatos arxeiwn toy pyrhna gnwrizei poy briskontai ta aytomata prosartoumena shmeia prosarthshs, se ena kata ta alla fysiologiko susthma arxeiwn, kai to programma automount ta pairnei apo ekei. Mono to autofs 8a perigraftei se ayto to mini-howto.