RE: [TCLUG:7728] autofs is fustrating me

[Unni Nambiar <unambiar@Legato.COM>]

Since the error you got earlier said "... no such map ..." and not 'no key',
could it be that  the mapname should be 'auto.home' and not '/etc/auto.home'
?

i.e. cat /etc/auto.master on server should show

/staff     auto.home     --timeout 600

After all, 'ypcat -k auto.home' only tells us that 'auto.home' is a known
map, not '/etc/auto.home'.

You'll probably also need to restart autofs so that this time it says " ...
mapname = auto.home"

Hope this works.

-Unni

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Tanner [mailto:tanner@real-time.com]
> Sent: Friday, August 20, 1999 1:05 PM
> To: tclug-list@mn-linux.org
> Subject: Re: [TCLUG:7728] autofs is fustrating me
> 
> 
> Quoting Unni Nambiar (unambiar@Legato.COM):
> > I'm not sure, but i think the ypcat output is okay. By 
> default, ypcat shows
> > the mapping but not the key.  Try 'ypcat -k auto.home'.  
> I'm speaking from a
> > solaris pov, so i hope there is a '-k' (linux box is at home).
> 
> Ah, the -k works. It should the key now. Thanks.
> 
> > I don't know whats causing the error, but here's a 
> question.  You say you
> > have /etc/auto_master on the server.  But shouldn't the 
> client also have a
> > /etc/auto_master ?  The automountd running on the client 
> reads this table to
> > decide what automounts to service.  In case of nis based 
> automounts, the
> > clients /etc/auto_master should have a line '+auto_master' 
> which is like a
> > '#include' for the auto_master file indicating that the nis server's
> > automount tables apply.
> 
> When I start autofs, I get the follow syslog message:
> 
> automount: starting automounter version 3.1.3, path = /home, 
> maptype = yp, mapname = /etc/auto.home
> 
> So, it looks like autofs us getting the auto.home map from 
> nis. If I create an
> /etc/auto.master, then autofs will not look at the nis maps at all.
> 
> # cat /etc/auto.master
> +auto.master
> 
> # /etc/rc.d/init.d/autofs status
> Configured Mount Points:
> 
> Active Mount Points:
> 
> autofs is not managing any mount points. I think there is a 
> bug somewhere. :-)
> 
> 
> 
> > 
> > Just thinking out loud.  Hope this helps.
> > 
> > -Unni
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Bob Tanner [mailto:tanner@real-time.com]
> > > Sent: Thursday, August 19, 1999 10:02 PM
> > > To: tclug-list@mn-linux.org
> > > Subject: [TCLUG:7728] autofs is fustrating me
> > > 
> > > 
> > > I am having a terrible time getting autofs on RH 6.0 to work 
> > > correctly. 
> > > Using either nis for maps OR files for maps.
> > > 
> > > On the "server"  have:
> > > 
> > > /etc/auto.master
> > > 
> > > /staff  /etc/auto.home  --timeout 600
> > > 
> > > /etc/auto.home
> > > *       -soft,intr      king:/home/&
> > > 
> > > On the "client" I do this:
> > > 
> > > ypcat auto.home and I get this:
> > > -soft,intr	king:/home/&
> > > 
> > > Um, shouldn't I get :
> > > *       -soft,intr      king:/home/&
> > > 
> > > Of course when I do a cd /staff/user, I get this in syslog:
> > > automount: attempting to mount entry /staff/user
> > > automount: lookup(yp): lookup for user failed: No such map in 
> > > server's domain
> > > 
> > > Any ideas?
> > > 
> > > 
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