I'm also hitting this problem. Obviously the correct solution is to move nis to use upstart and then make autofs depend on nis being up. In the interim, I've modified autofs.conf to wait for the rc process to finish:
start on (filesystem and net-device-up IFACE!=lo and stopped rc RUNLEVEL=[2345]) stop on runlevel[!2345] -- NIS-based autofs maps don't load on startup https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/570513 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to nis in ubuntu. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs