Public bug reported:
Package autofs in Ubuntu 16.04 includes SysV startup script
(/etc/init.d/autofs) and Upstart unit (/etc/init/autofs.conf), but does
not include systemd service file. As a result, systemd starts autofs as
part of its LSB (sysv) processing, which makes it difficult to ensure
that autofs is started after services that it requires for proper
functioning. In particular, unit autogenerated by systemd-sysv-generator
for autofs does not include dependency on sssd.service.
It appears that on the installation that I tested, systemd starts LSB
services well after sssd is started, so the issue does not cause any
visible problems, but this startup sequence is accidental. Given the
number of other issues related to autofs startup in Xenial, requiring
users to get their hands dirty just to have autofs run properly after
boot, I think it would be advantageous to fix this simple oversight.
(See bug 1566508, bug 1584818, bug 1588915)
I attach an example service file for autofs that fixes this problem. In
addition to sssd.service, this unit could also list nslcd.service,
slapd.service and ypbind.service/nis.service in its After= line.
However, these service files are also missing from their respective
packages, and I am not even sure how NIS client service file would be
called.
$lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS
Release: 16.04
$apt-cache policy autofs
autofs:
Installed: 5.1.1-1ubuntu3
Candidate: 5.1.1-1ubuntu3
** Affects: autofs (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Attachment added: "autofs.service"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1614248/+attachment/4722917/+files/autofs.service
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