On Mon, 2007-11-05 at 12:43 -0500, Scott Leerssen wrote: > Hi, > > > A google search and scan of the archives didn't reveal an answer, so I > apologize in advance if this subject has been beaten to death > already. Here are a few version numbers for reference: > > > CentOS 5 > kernel: 2.6.18-8.1.15.el5 > autofs: autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.43.0.2 > SElinux: disabled > > > I have a stock, yum updated CentOS 5 installation on which autofs > works fine as long as the mount points are pre-existing. However, if > I stop the automounter with 'service autofs stop' (or by rebooting), > the automounter deletes my /net and /misc mount points and then fails > to recreate them on 'service autofs start'. > > > One caveat to the "normal" CentOS 5 install, is that I'm running off > of an NFS root. Is there anything in particular about having a mount > point inside another NFS mounted directory that would make automount > want to remove my mount points and fail to recreate them?
Yes. Does pre-creating them within the NFS mounted root work OK? Ian _______________________________________________ autofs mailing list [email protected] http://linux.kernel.org/mailman/listinfo/autofs
