On Mon, 2008-11-24 at 12:31 -0800, Bill Shannon wrote: > Peter Staubach wrote: > > Bill, why aren't you using the -hosts map? > > That's a good question... > > I don't remember how I got to this point, but ... > > I just tried using -hosts, but it doesn't seem to be working: > > vostro# cat /etc/auto.master > # $Id: auto.master,v 1.2 1997/10/06 21:52:03 hpa Exp $ > # Sample auto.master file > # Format of this file: > # mountpoint map options > # For details of the format look at autofs(8). > # /misc /etc/auto.misc --timeout=60 > /home /etc/auto.home -nosuid > #/net /etc/auto.net -nosuid > /net -hosts -nosuid > #/- /etc/auto.direct -nosuid > vostro# /etc/init.d/autofs reload > Reloading automounter: checking for changes ... > Reloading automounter map for: /home > Stopping automounter for: /smb > vostro# ls /net/nissan > ls: cannot access /net/nissan: No such file or directory > vostro# /etc/init.d/autofs restart > Stopping automounter: > Couldn't stop automount for /home done. > Starting automounter: > failed to start automount point /home > done. > vostro# /etc/init.d/autofs reload > Reloading automounter: checking for changes ... > Reloading automounter map for: /home > vostro# ls /net/nissan > ls: cannot access /net/nissan: No such file or directory > vostro# grep nissan /etc/hosts > 192.168.1.2 nissan > > I think that's the reason I ended up with an auto.net map, > although it now seems likely that it never worked as intended. > > I started chasing this problem because my auto.home map wasn't > working, which I now understand is the expected behavior based > on the way I'm now exporting my /export/home filesystems. My > mistake. > > I just fixed my auto.home map using multimounts. > > Still, any hints as to why the -hosts pseudo-map isn't working > would be appreciated. Are you sure it's *supposed* to work? > It's not documented in the man page. > > I think this is the version of autofs I have: > > vostro# dpkg-query -l 'autofs*' > Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold > | Status=Not/Installed/Config-f/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/t-aWait/T-pend > |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: > uppercase=bad) > ||/ Name Version Description > +++-==============-==============-============================================ > ii autofs 4.1.4+debian-2 kernel-based automounter for Linux
Yep, that's version 4. > > Is there an "autofs5" package I should install instead? I'm not sure. There is an autofs5 in the package pool on the mirrors but I can't tell which release it belongs to. Perhaps an "apt-cache search" will give the answer. Ian _______________________________________________ autofs mailing list autofs@linux.kernel.org http://linux.kernel.org/mailman/listinfo/autofs
