Hello debian-testing ! I'm trying to setup mounting samba shares via autofs. I've created simple configuration: # cat /etc/auto.master /mnt/temp /etc/auto.temp # cat /etc/auto.temp distr -fstype=smbfs,password= / //hlt/distr # /etc/init.d/autofs restart # ls /mnt/temp/distr Now all works perfectly. But when I'm trying to mount after system reboot, I'm seeing this: # ls /mnt/temp/distr ls: /mnt/temp/distr: No such file or directory # tail -30 /var/log/debug Jun 12 19:00:22 kiev145 automount[4165]: lookup(file): looking up distr Jun 12 19:00:22 kiev145 automount[4165]: lookup(file): distr -> -fstype=smbfs,password=^I^I/ //hlt/distr Jun 12 19:00:22 kiev145 automount[4165]: parse(sun): expanded entry: -fstype=smbfs,password=^I^I/ //hlt/distr Jun 12 19:00:22 kiev145 automount[4165]: parse(sun): dequote("fstype=smbfs,password=") -> fstype=smbfs,password= Jun 12 19:00:22 kiev145 automount[4165]: parse(sun): gathered options: fstype=smbfs,password= Jun 12 19:00:22 kiev145 automount[4165]: parse(sun): dequote("/") -> / Jun 12 19:00:22 kiev145 automount[4165]: parse(sun): dequote("//hlt/distr") -> //hlt/distr Jun 12 19:00:22 kiev145 automount[4165]: parse(sun): multimount: //hlt/distr on / with options fstype=smbfs,password= Jun 12 19:00:22 kiev145 automount[4165]: parse(sun): mounting root /mnt/temp, mountpoint distr, what //hlt/distr, fstype smbfs, options password= Jun 12 19:00:22 kiev145 automount[4165]: do_mount //hlt/distr /mnt/temp/distr type smbfs options password= using module generic Jun 12 19:00:22 kiev145 automount[4165]: mount(generic): calling mkdir_path /mnt/temp/distr Jun 12 19:00:22 kiev145 automount[4165]: mount(generic): calling mount -t smbfs -s -o password= //hlt/distr /mnt/temp/distr Jun 12 19:00:24 kiev145 automount[4211]: lookup(file): looking up distr Jun 12 19:00:24 kiev145 automount[4211]: lookup(file): distr -> -fstype=smbfs,password=^I^I/ //hlt/distr Jun 12 19:00:24 kiev145 automount[4211]: parse(sun): expanded entry: -fstype=smbfs,password=^I^I/ //hlt/distr Jun 12 19:00:24 kiev145 automount[4211]: parse(sun): dequote("fstype=smbfs,password=") -> fstype=smbfs,password= Jun 12 19:00:24 kiev145 automount[4211]: parse(sun): gathered options: fstype=smbfs,password= Jun 12 19:00:24 kiev145 automount[4211]: parse(sun): dequote("/") -> / Jun 12 19:00:24 kiev145 automount[4211]: parse(sun): dequote("//hlt/distr") -> //hlt/distr Jun 12 19:00:24 kiev145 automount[4211]: parse(sun): multimount: //hlt/distr on / with options fstype=smbfs,password= Jun 12 19:00:24 kiev145 automount[4211]: parse(sun): mounting root /mnt/temp, mountpoint distr, what //hlt/distr, fstype smbfs, options password= Jun 12 19:00:24 kiev145 automount[4211]: do_mount //hlt/distr /mnt/temp/distr type smbfs options password= using module generic Jun 12 19:00:24 kiev145 automount[4211]: mount(generic): calling mkdir_path /mnt/temp/distr Jun 12 19:00:24 kiev145 automount[4211]: mount(generic): calling mount -t smbfs -s -o password= //hlt/distr /mnt/temp/distr In this log all seems perfect.... But where is the bug ? I've tested this with kernles 2.4.18 and 2.4.20 and various samba servers. The bug appears in both kernels with WindowsXP samba exports. Does anybody known/fix this bug ? Thanks.