diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 9deaae2..146bb32 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 - change file map lexer to allow white-space only blank lines.
 - remove macro substitution in automount.8 man page (Guillaume Rousse).
 - correct hesiod library check in configure (Guillaume Rousse).
+- drop "DEFAULT_" prefix from configuration names (Guillaume Rousse).
 
 20/2/2007 autofs-5.0.1
 ----------------------
diff --git a/README.v5.release b/README.v5.release
index 3f23b91..3b4e02b 100644
--- a/README.v5.release
+++ b/README.v5.release
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ Differences between version 4 and version 5.
   installed "/etc/auto.master" to ensure that those using NIS will
   still find their master map. This is in line with other industry
   automount implementations. The name of the default master map can
-  be overridden by setting the DEFAULT_MASTER_MAP_NAME configuration
-  variable.
+  be overridden by setting the MASTER_MAP_NAME configuration variable.
 
 - The `automount' daemon is now a multi-threaded application and so
   appears as a single process (unless a thread process display option
diff --git a/gentoo/net-fs/autofs/files/autofs.conf b/gentoo/net-fs/autofs/files/autofs.conf
index 836a4a1..7b34c20 100644
--- a/gentoo/net-fs/autofs/files/autofs.conf
+++ b/gentoo/net-fs/autofs/files/autofs.conf
@@ -1,50 +1,50 @@
 #
 # Define default options for autofs.
 #
-# DEFAULT_MASTER_MAP_NAME - default map name for the master map.
+# MASTER_MAP_NAME - default map name for the master map.
 #
-#DEFAULT_MASTER_MAP_NAME="/etc/auto.master"
+#MASTER_MAP_NAME="/etc/auto.master"
 #
-# DEFAULT_TIMEOUT - set the default mount timeout (default 600).
+# TIMEOUT - set the default mount timeout (default 600).
 #
-DEFAULT_TIMEOUT=300
+TIMEOUT=300
 #
-# DEFAULT_BROWSE_MODE - maps are browsable by default.
+# BROWSE_MODE - maps are browsable by default.
 #
-DEFAULT_BROWSE_MODE="no"
+BROWSE_MODE="no"
 #
-# DEFAULT_LOGGING - set default log level "none", "verbode" or "debug"
+# LOGGING - set default log level "none", "verbode" or "debug"
 #
-#DEFAULT_LOGGING="none"
+#LOGGING="none"
 #
 # Define the default LDAP schema to use for lookups
 #
 # System default
 #
-#DEFAULT_MAP_OBJECT_CLASS="nisMap"
-#DEFAULT_ENTRY_OBJECT_CLASS="nisObject"
-#DEFAULT_MAP_ATTRIBUTE="nisMapName"
-#DEFAULT_ENTRY_ATTRIBUTE="cn"
-#DEFAULT_VALUE_ATTRIBUTE="nisMapEntry"
+#MAP_OBJECT_CLASS="nisMap"
+#ENTRY_OBJECT_CLASS="nisObject"
+#MAP_ATTRIBUTE="nisMapName"
+#ENTRY_ATTRIBUTE="cn"
+#VALUE_ATTRIBUTE="nisMapEntry"
 #
 # Other common LDAP nameing
 #
-#DEFAULT_MAP_OBJECT_CLASS="automountMap"
-#DEFAULT_ENTRY_OBJECT_CLASS="automount"
-#DEFAULT_MAP_ATTRIBUTE="ou"
-#DEFAULT_ENTRY_ATTRIBUTE="cn"
-#DEFAULT_VALUE_ATTRIBUTE="automountInformation"
+#MAP_OBJECT_CLASS="automountMap"
+#ENTRY_OBJECT_CLASS="automount"
+#MAP_ATTRIBUTE="ou"
+#ENTRY_ATTRIBUTE="cn"
+#VALUE_ATTRIBUTE="automountInformation"
 #
-#DEFAULT_MAP_OBJECT_CLASS="automountMap"
-#DEFAULT_ENTRY_OBJECT_CLASS="automount"
-#DEFAULT_MAP_ATTRIBUTE="automountMapName"
-#DEFAULT_ENTRY_ATTRIBUTE="automountKey"
-#DEFAULT_VALUE_ATTRIBUTE="automountInformation"
+#MAP_OBJECT_CLASS="automountMap"
+#ENTRY_OBJECT_CLASS="automount"
+#MAP_ATTRIBUTE="automountMapName"
+#ENTRY_ATTRIBUTE="automountKey"
+#VALUE_ATTRIBUTE="automountInformation"
 #
-# DEFAULT_AUTH_CONF_FILE - set the default location for the SASL
-#			   authentication configuration file.
+# AUTH_CONF_FILE - set the default location for the SASL
+#		   authentication configuration file.
 #
-#DEFAULT_AUTH_CONF_FILE="/etc/autofs/autofs-auth.conf"
+#AUTH_CONF_FILE="/etc/autofs/autofs-auth.conf"
 #
 # General global options
 #
diff --git a/lib/defaults.c b/lib/defaults.c
index 65dbd8d..f76478e 100644
--- a/lib/defaults.c
+++ b/lib/defaults.c
@@ -23,21 +23,21 @@
 #define DEFAULTS_CONFIG_FILE		AUTOFS_CONF_DIR "/autofs"
 #define MAX_LINE_LEN			256
 
-#define ENV_NAME_MASTER_MAP		"DEFAULT_MASTER_MAP_NAME"
+#define ENV_NAME_MASTER_MAP		"MASTER_MAP_NAME"
 
-#define ENV_NAME_TIMEOUT		"DEFAULT_TIMEOUT"
-#define ENV_NAME_BROWSE_MODE		"DEFAULT_BROWSE_MODE"
-#define ENV_NAME_LOGGING		"DEFAULT_LOGGING"
+#define ENV_NAME_TIMEOUT		"TIMEOUT"
+#define ENV_NAME_BROWSE_MODE		"BROWSE_MODE"
+#define ENV_NAME_LOGGING		"LOGGING"
 
-#define ENV_LDAP_SERVER			"DEFAULT_LDAP_SERVER"
+#define ENV_LDAP_SERVER			"LDAP_SERVER"
 
-#define ENV_NAME_MAP_OBJ_CLASS		"DEFAULT_MAP_OBJECT_CLASS"
-#define ENV_NAME_ENTRY_OBJ_CLASS	"DEFAULT_ENTRY_OBJECT_CLASS"
-#define ENV_NAME_MAP_ATTR		"DEFAULT_MAP_ATTRIBUTE"
-#define ENV_NAME_ENTRY_ATTR		"DEFAULT_ENTRY_ATTRIBUTE"
-#define ENV_NAME_VALUE_ATTR		"DEFAULT_VALUE_ATTRIBUTE"
+#define ENV_NAME_MAP_OBJ_CLASS		"MAP_OBJECT_CLASS"
+#define ENV_NAME_ENTRY_OBJ_CLASS	"ENTRY_OBJECT_CLASS"
+#define ENV_NAME_MAP_ATTR		"MAP_ATTRIBUTE"
+#define ENV_NAME_ENTRY_ATTR		"ENTRY_ATTRIBUTE"
+#define ENV_NAME_VALUE_ATTR		"VALUE_ATTRIBUTE"
 
-#define ENV_AUTH_CONF_FILE		"DEFAULT_AUTH_CONF_FILE"
+#define ENV_AUTH_CONF_FILE		"AUTH_CONF_FILE"
 
 static const char *default_master_map_name = DEFAULT_MASTER_MAP_NAME;
 
@@ -104,6 +104,39 @@ static int get_env_yesno(const char *name)
 }
 
 /*
+ * We've changed the key names so we need to check for the
+ * config key and it's old name for backward conpatibility.
+*/
+static int check_set_config_value(const char *res, const char *name, const char *value)
+{
+	char *old_name;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (!strcasecmp(res, name)) {
+		ret = setenv(name, value, 0);
+		if (ret)
+			fprintf(stderr,
+			        "can't set config value for %s, "
+				"error %d", name, ret);
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	old_name = alloca(strlen(name) + 9);
+	strcpy(old_name, "DEFAULT_");
+	strcat(old_name, name);
+
+	if (!strcasecmp(res, old_name)) {
+		ret = setenv(name, value, 0);
+		if (ret)
+			fprintf(stderr,
+			        "can't set config value for %s, "
+				"error %d", name, ret);
+		return 1;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
  * Read config env variables and check they have been set.
  *
  * This simple minded routine assumes the config file
@@ -115,7 +148,6 @@ unsigned int defaults_read_config(void)
 	FILE *f;
 	char buf[MAX_LINE_LEN];
 	char *res, *value;
-	unsigned int ret;
 
 	f = fopen(DEFAULTS_CONFIG_FILE, "r");
 	if (!f)
@@ -158,23 +190,18 @@ unsigned int defaults_read_config(void)
 		while (*trailer && (*trailer == '"' || isblank(*trailer)))
 			*(trailer--) = '\0';;
 
-		if (!strcasecmp(res, ENV_NAME_MASTER_MAP) ||
-		    !strcasecmp(res, ENV_NAME_TIMEOUT) ||
-		    !strcasecmp(res, ENV_NAME_BROWSE_MODE) ||
-		    !strcasecmp(res, ENV_NAME_LOGGING) ||
-		    !strcasecmp(res, ENV_LDAP_SERVER) ||
-		    !strcasecmp(res, ENV_NAME_MAP_OBJ_CLASS) ||
-		    !strcasecmp(res, ENV_NAME_ENTRY_OBJ_CLASS) ||
-		    !strcasecmp(res, ENV_NAME_MAP_ATTR) ||
-		    !strcasecmp(res, ENV_NAME_ENTRY_ATTR) ||
-		    !strcasecmp(res, ENV_NAME_VALUE_ATTR) ||
-		    !strcasecmp(res, ENV_AUTH_CONF_FILE)) {
-			ret = setenv(res, value, 0);
-			if (ret)
-				fprintf(stderr,
-				        "can't set config value for %s, "
-					"error %d", res, ret);
-		}
+		if (check_set_config_value(res, ENV_NAME_MASTER_MAP, value) ||
+		    check_set_config_value(res, ENV_NAME_TIMEOUT, value) ||
+		    check_set_config_value(res, ENV_NAME_BROWSE_MODE, value) ||
+		    check_set_config_value(res, ENV_NAME_LOGGING, value) ||
+		    check_set_config_value(res, ENV_LDAP_SERVER, value) ||
+		    check_set_config_value(res, ENV_NAME_MAP_OBJ_CLASS, value) ||
+		    check_set_config_value(res, ENV_NAME_ENTRY_OBJ_CLASS, value) ||
+		    check_set_config_value(res, ENV_NAME_MAP_ATTR, value) ||
+		    check_set_config_value(res, ENV_NAME_ENTRY_ATTR, value) ||
+		    check_set_config_value(res, ENV_NAME_VALUE_ATTR, value) ||
+		    check_set_config_value(res, ENV_AUTH_CONF_FILE, value))
+			;
 	}
 
 	if (!feof(f)) {
diff --git a/man/auto.master.5.in b/man/auto.master.5.in
index cb3c1d6..cfeefe7 100644
--- a/man/auto.master.5.in
+++ b/man/auto.master.5.in
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ The default location of the master map is
 but an alternate name may be given on the command line when running
 the automounter and the default master map may changed by setting the
 .nh
-.B "DEFAULT_MASTER_MAP_NAME"
+.B "MASTER_MAP_NAME"
 .hy
 configuration variable in
 .nh
@@ -144,13 +144,13 @@ configuration file
 .hy
 They are:
 .TP
-.B DEFAULT_TIMEOUT
+.B TIMEOUT
 sets the default mount timeout (program default 600).
 .TP
-.B DEFAULT_BROWSE_MODE
+.B BROWSE_MODE
 Maps are browsable by default (program default "yes").
 .TP
-.B DEFAULT_LOGGING
+.B LOGGING
 set default log level "none", "verbose" or "debug" (program default "none").
 =======
 .SH GENERAL SYSTEM DEFAULTS CONFIGURATION
@@ -163,13 +163,13 @@ configuration file
 .P
 They are:
 .TP
-.B DEFAULT_TIMEOUT
+.B TIMEOUT
 sets the default mount timeout (program default 600).
 .TP
-.B DEFAULT_BROWSE_MODE
+.B BROWSE_MODE
 Maps are browsable by default (program default "yes").
 .TP
-.B DEFAULT_LOGGING
+.B LOGGING
 set default log level "none", "verbose" or "debug" (program default "none").
 .SH BUILTIN MAP -hosts
 If "-hosts" is given as the map then accessing a key under the mount point
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ located in
 .P
 The configuration settings available are:
 .TP
-\fBDEFAULT_MAP_OBJECT_CLASS\fP
+\fBMAP_OBJECT_CLASS\fP
 The map object class. Its Default value is "nisMap". In the
 .nh
 automountMap
@@ -225,14 +225,14 @@ schema this corresponds to the class
 .BR automountMap .
 .hy
 .TP
-.B DEFAULT_ENTRY_OBJECT_CLASS
+.B ENTRY_OBJECT_CLASS
 The map entry object class. Its default value is \fBnisObject\fP.
 In the automountMap schema this corresponds to the class
 .nh
 .BR automount .
 .hy
 .TP
-.B DEFAULT_MAP_ATTRIBUTE
+.B MAP_ATTRIBUTE
 The attribute used to identify the name of the map to which this
 entry belongs. Its default value is
 .nh
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ schema this corresponds to the attributes \fBou\fP or
 .BR automountMapName .
 .hy
 .TP
-.B DEFAULT_ENTRY_ATTRIBUTE
+.B ENTRY_ATTRIBUTE
 The attribute used to identify a map key. Its default value is
 In the
 .nh
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ schema this corresponds to the attribute
 .BR automountKey .
 .hy
 .TP
-.B DEFAULT_VALUE_ATTRIBUTE
+.B VALUE_ATTRIBUTE
 The attribute used to identify the value of the map entry. Its default
 value is
 .nh
diff --git a/redhat/autofs.sysconfig.in b/redhat/autofs.sysconfig.in
index 7cbc03f..84d524b 100644
--- a/redhat/autofs.sysconfig.in
+++ b/redhat/autofs.sysconfig.in
@@ -1,50 +1,50 @@
 #
 # Define default options for autofs.
 #
-# DEFAULT_MASTER_MAP_NAME - default map name for the master map.
+# MASTER_MAP_NAME - default map name for the master map.
 #
-#DEFAULT_MASTER_MAP_NAME="auto.master"
+#MASTER_MAP_NAME="auto.master"
 #
-# DEFAULT_TIMEOUT - set the default mount timeout (default 600).
+# TIMEOUT - set the default mount timeout (default 600).
 #
-DEFAULT_TIMEOUT=300
+TIMEOUT=300
 #
-# DEFAULT_BROWSE_MODE - maps are browsable by default.
+# BROWSE_MODE - maps are browsable by default.
 #
-DEFAULT_BROWSE_MODE="no"
+BROWSE_MODE="no"
 #
-# DEFAULT_LOGGING - set default log level "none", "verbose" or "debug"
+# LOGGING - set default log level "none", "verbose" or "debug"
 #
-#DEFAULT_LOGGING="none"
+#LOGGING="none"
 #
 # Define the default LDAP schema to use for lookups
 #
 # System default
 #
-#DEFAULT_MAP_OBJECT_CLASS="nisMap"
-#DEFAULT_ENTRY_OBJECT_CLASS="nisObject"
-#DEFAULT_MAP_ATTRIBUTE="nisMapName"
-#DEFAULT_ENTRY_ATTRIBUTE="cn"
-#DEFAULT_VALUE_ATTRIBUTE="nisMapEntry"
+#MAP_OBJECT_CLASS="nisMap"
+#ENTRY_OBJECT_CLASS="nisObject"
+#MAP_ATTRIBUTE="nisMapName"
+#ENTRY_ATTRIBUTE="cn"
+#VALUE_ATTRIBUTE="nisMapEntry"
 #
 # Other common LDAP nameing
 #
-#DEFAULT_MAP_OBJECT_CLASS="automountMap"
-#DEFAULT_ENTRY_OBJECT_CLASS="automount"
-#DEFAULT_MAP_ATTRIBUTE="ou"
-#DEFAULT_ENTRY_ATTRIBUTE="cn"
-#DEFAULT_VALUE_ATTRIBUTE="automountInformation"
+#MAP_OBJECT_CLASS="automountMap"
+#ENTRY_OBJECT_CLASS="automount"
+#MAP_ATTRIBUTE="ou"
+#ENTRY_ATTRIBUTE="cn"
+#VALUE_ATTRIBUTE="automountInformation"
 #
-#DEFAULT_MAP_OBJECT_CLASS="automountMap"
-#DEFAULT_ENTRY_OBJECT_CLASS="automount"
-#DEFAULT_MAP_ATTRIBUTE="automountMapName"
-#DEFAULT_ENTRY_ATTRIBUTE="automountKey"
-#DEFAULT_VALUE_ATTRIBUTE="automountInformation"
+#MAP_OBJECT_CLASS="automountMap"
+#ENTRY_OBJECT_CLASS="automount"
+#MAP_ATTRIBUTE="automountMapName"
+#ENTRY_ATTRIBUTE="automountKey"
+#VALUE_ATTRIBUTE="automountInformation"
 #
-# DEFAULT_AUTH_CONF_FILE - set the default location for the SASL
+# AUTH_CONF_FILE - set the default location for the SASL
 #			   authentication configuration file.
 #
-#DEFAULT_AUTH_CONF_FILE="@@autofsmapdir@@/autofs_ldap_auth.conf"
+#AUTH_CONF_FILE="@@autofsmapdir@@/autofs_ldap_auth.conf"
 #
 # General global options
 #
diff --git a/samples/autofs.conf.default.in b/samples/autofs.conf.default.in
index 7cbc03f..84d524b 100644
--- a/samples/autofs.conf.default.in
+++ b/samples/autofs.conf.default.in
@@ -1,50 +1,50 @@
 #
 # Define default options for autofs.
 #
-# DEFAULT_MASTER_MAP_NAME - default map name for the master map.
+# MASTER_MAP_NAME - default map name for the master map.
 #
-#DEFAULT_MASTER_MAP_NAME="auto.master"
+#MASTER_MAP_NAME="auto.master"
 #
-# DEFAULT_TIMEOUT - set the default mount timeout (default 600).
+# TIMEOUT - set the default mount timeout (default 600).
 #
-DEFAULT_TIMEOUT=300
+TIMEOUT=300
 #
-# DEFAULT_BROWSE_MODE - maps are browsable by default.
+# BROWSE_MODE - maps are browsable by default.
 #
-DEFAULT_BROWSE_MODE="no"
+BROWSE_MODE="no"
 #
-# DEFAULT_LOGGING - set default log level "none", "verbose" or "debug"
+# LOGGING - set default log level "none", "verbose" or "debug"
 #
-#DEFAULT_LOGGING="none"
+#LOGGING="none"
 #
 # Define the default LDAP schema to use for lookups
 #
 # System default
 #
-#DEFAULT_MAP_OBJECT_CLASS="nisMap"
-#DEFAULT_ENTRY_OBJECT_CLASS="nisObject"
-#DEFAULT_MAP_ATTRIBUTE="nisMapName"
-#DEFAULT_ENTRY_ATTRIBUTE="cn"
-#DEFAULT_VALUE_ATTRIBUTE="nisMapEntry"
+#MAP_OBJECT_CLASS="nisMap"
+#ENTRY_OBJECT_CLASS="nisObject"
+#MAP_ATTRIBUTE="nisMapName"
+#ENTRY_ATTRIBUTE="cn"
+#VALUE_ATTRIBUTE="nisMapEntry"
 #
 # Other common LDAP nameing
 #
-#DEFAULT_MAP_OBJECT_CLASS="automountMap"
-#DEFAULT_ENTRY_OBJECT_CLASS="automount"
-#DEFAULT_MAP_ATTRIBUTE="ou"
-#DEFAULT_ENTRY_ATTRIBUTE="cn"
-#DEFAULT_VALUE_ATTRIBUTE="automountInformation"
+#MAP_OBJECT_CLASS="automountMap"
+#ENTRY_OBJECT_CLASS="automount"
+#MAP_ATTRIBUTE="ou"
+#ENTRY_ATTRIBUTE="cn"
+#VALUE_ATTRIBUTE="automountInformation"
 #
-#DEFAULT_MAP_OBJECT_CLASS="automountMap"
-#DEFAULT_ENTRY_OBJECT_CLASS="automount"
-#DEFAULT_MAP_ATTRIBUTE="automountMapName"
-#DEFAULT_ENTRY_ATTRIBUTE="automountKey"
-#DEFAULT_VALUE_ATTRIBUTE="automountInformation"
+#MAP_OBJECT_CLASS="automountMap"
+#ENTRY_OBJECT_CLASS="automount"
+#MAP_ATTRIBUTE="automountMapName"
+#ENTRY_ATTRIBUTE="automountKey"
+#VALUE_ATTRIBUTE="automountInformation"
 #
-# DEFAULT_AUTH_CONF_FILE - set the default location for the SASL
+# AUTH_CONF_FILE - set the default location for the SASL
 #			   authentication configuration file.
 #
-#DEFAULT_AUTH_CONF_FILE="@@autofsmapdir@@/autofs_ldap_auth.conf"
+#AUTH_CONF_FILE="@@autofsmapdir@@/autofs_ldap_auth.conf"
 #
 # General global options
 #