Re: [TCLUG:15357] automount + yp == trouble

[Ben Kochie <ben@nerp.net>]

what did the command return when you did an autofs start?
you don't need the +auto.master, or the +auto.home in either file

which distro versions are you using for client/server/

Thank You,
        Ben Kochie (ben@nerp.net)

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On Mon, 3 Apr 2000, Lynette Bellini wrote:

> 
> > ok.. it looks like you forgot to configure the auto.master on your client
> > system.. it's a simple change.. simply tell it to grab home's from the NIS
> > server..
> > 
> > +auto.master
> > /home		auto.home
> 
> I originally had the contents as just:
> 
> /home     auto.home
> 
> but changed it to just +auto.master on someone else's advice.
> It is now:
> 
> +auto_master
> /home     auto.home
> 
> > since the path is not absolute, it will check with NIS first.. just make
> > sure you add that, /etc/init.d/autofs reload, and make sure /home is empty
> > so it doesn't try and overwrite the old mounts
> 
> The automounter is not running, nor does it start when I do autofs
> start. There are no messages in /var/log/messages.
> 
> Lynette
> 
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