On Mon, 2011-03-14 at 10:09 +0000, hpc.ad...@uea.ac.uk wrote: > Hello Ian, > > Thank you for your reply. The contents of /etc/sysconfig/autofs are: > > [root@head00 ~]# grep -v '^#' /etc/sysconfig/autofs > TIMEOUT=300 > BROWSE_MODE="no" > USE_MISC_DEVICE="yes" > [root@head00 ~]# > > When the machine boots up, it completely fails to mount /home/<username>; it > just complains that /home/<username> doesn't exist. The contents of > /var/log/messages then show the message given below, thus I assume that they > are related. Do let me know if you require further information. Googling > around for the error message hasn't been very successful :-(
Failing to open a control file handle on an automount is fatal. I don't know why that's happening. We would probably need to add some log prints to get more information. > > Thanks for your help, > Wadud. > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: hpc.admin-boun...@uea.ac.uk [mailto:hpc.admin-boun...@uea.ac.uk] On > >Behalf Of Ian Kent > >Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2011 1:29 AM > >To: hpc.ad...@uea.ac.uk > >Cc: autofs@linux.kernel.org > >Subject: Re: [autofs] autofs problem > > > >On Tue, 2011-03-08 at 11:24 +0000, hpc.ad...@uea.ac.uk wrote: > >> Hello, > >> > >> I am experiencing autofs problems with my Centos 5.5 system. Upon boot, > the > >> mount fails with the following error messages (created by passing the -d > >> option in the automount): > >> > >> Mar 8 10:38:19 cn024 automount[6395]: do_notify_state: signal 15 > >> Mar 8 10:38:19 cn024 automount[6395]: master_notify_state_change: sig 15 > >> switching /home from 1 to 5 > >> Mar 8 10:38:19 cn024 automount[6395]: st_prepare_shutdown: state 1 path > >> /home > >> Mar 8 10:38:19 cn024 automount[6395]: expire_proc: exp_proc = 1090562368 > >> path /home > >> Mar 8 10:38:19 cn024 automount[6395]: expire_cleanup: got thid > 1090562368 > >> path /home stat 0 > >> Mar 8 10:38:19 cn024 automount[6395]: expire_cleanup: sigchld: exp > >> 1090562368 finished, switching from 5 to 7 > >> Mar 8 10:38:19 cn024 automount[6395]: st_shutdown: state 5 path /home > >> Mar 8 10:38:19 cn024 smartd[7258]: smartd has fork()ed into background > >> mode. New PID=7258. > >> Mar 8 10:38:19 cn024 automount[6395]: umount_multi: path /home incl 0 > >> Mar 8 10:38:19 cn024 automount[6395]: umounted indirect mount /home > >> Mar 8 10:38:19 cn024 automount[6395]: automount_path_to_fifo: fifo name > >> /var/run/autofs.fifo-home > >> Mar 8 10:38:19 cn024 automount[6395]: shut down path /home > >> Mar 8 10:38:19 cn024 automount[6395]: autofs stopped > >> Mar 8 10:38:28 cn024 automount[7334]: Starting automounter version > >> 5.0.1-0.rc2.143.el5, master map auto.master > >> Mar 8 10:38:28 cn024 automount[7334]: using kernel protocol version 5.01 > >> Mar 8 10:38:28 cn024 automount[7334]: lookup_nss_read_master: reading > >> master files auto.master > >> Mar 8 10:38:28 cn024 automount[7334]: parse_init: parse(sun): init > gathered > >> global options: (null) > >> Mar 8 10:38:28 cn024 automount[7334]: lookup_read_master: lookup(file): > >> read entry /home > >> Mar 8 10:38:28 cn024 automount[7334]: master_do_mount: mounting /home > >> Mar 8 10:38:28 cn024 automount[7334]: automount_path_to_fifo: fifo name > >> /var/run/autofs.fifo-home > >> Mar 8 10:38:28 cn024 automount[7334]: lookup_nss_read_map: reading map > file > >> /etc/auto.home > >> Mar 8 10:38:28 cn024 automount[7334]: parse_init: parse(sun): init > gathered > >> global options: rw,intr > >> Mar 8 10:38:28 cn024 automount[7334]: do_mount_autofs_indirect: failed > to > >> create ioctl fd for autofs path /home > >> Mar 8 10:38:28 cn024 automount[7334]: handle_mounts: mount of /home > failed! > >> Mar 8 10:38:28 cn024 automount[7334]: master_do_mount: failed to startup > >> mount > >> Mar 8 10:38:28 cn024 automount[7334]: no mounts in table > >> > >> The error messages to note are the last four lines. When I restart the > >> daemon, the automount works, but fails after a day or two. The version of > >> autofs I am using is: > > > >What makes you think these are the same problem? > >Did you check to see if /home was already mounted when it failed? > >What is in your /etc/sysconfig/autofs? > > > >> > >> Name : autofs Relocations: (not relocatable) > >> Version : 5.0.1 Vendor: CentOS > >> Release : 0.rc2.143.el5_5.6 > >> > >> Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. > >> > >> ---------- > >> Wadud Miah > >> High Performance Computing Systems Developer > >> Research Computing Services, University of East Anglia > >> Telephone: 01603 593856 > >> > >> Information Services > >> ---------- > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> autofs mailing list > >> autofs@linux.kernel.org > >> http://linux.kernel.org/mailman/listinfo/autofs > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Hpc.admin mailing list > >hpc.ad...@uea.ac.uk > >http://www.uea.ac.uk/mailman21/listinfo/hpc.admin > _______________________________________________ autofs mailing list autofs@linux.kernel.org http://linux.kernel.org/mailman/listinfo/autofs