I resolved this by upgrading to autofs5, which seems to respect the "+" in the /etc/passwd and other NIS files
-- Shane Dixon Linux Engineer Atmel Corporation -----Original Message----- From: boun...@canonical.com [mailto:boun...@canonical.com] On Behalf Of Chuck Short Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 11:58 AM To: Dixon, Shane Subject: [Bug 297378] Re: "+"-included entries in auto.home Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please answer these questions: 1. Is this reproducible? 2. If so, what specific steps should we take to recreate this bug? Be as detailed as possible. This will help us to find and resolve the problem. ** Changed in: autofs (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Changed in: autofs (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- "+"-included entries in auto.home https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/297378 You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber of the bug. Status in "autofs" package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Binary package hint: autofs I have the following configuration that works on a CentOS 4 machine, but not in Ubuntu. Inside the file /etc/auto.master: /home file:/etc/auto.home --ghost Inside the file /etc/auto.home: localuser -rw,soft,intr :/home.local:& +auto.company_home The "auto.company_home" share in NIS: <snip> localhost -rw,soft,intr server:/home.local:& <snip> The purpose is to have the localuser's home folder get overridden on just ONE machine and work with the defaults on all the other machines. This configuration works in CentOS: CentOS automount version 4.1.3-234 Ubuntu automount version 4.1.4 The configurations are identical. I've read that + entries work in the auto.master, but do they not work in other files? The result of the above configuration will show the local /etc/auto.home entries, but all the NIS auto.company_home entries are absent. -- "+"-included entries in auto.home https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/297378 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to autofs in ubuntu. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
