Bug 190877

Summary: Autofs does not allow a file map to include a nis map of the same name
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Reporter: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer>
Component: autofsAssignee: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Brock Organ <borgan>
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Version: 3.0CC: ikent
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Fixed In Version: RHBA-2006-0459 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Description Jeff Moyer 2006-05-05 20:48:49 UTC 
Description of problem:

It is common to have a master map which solely references a YP map, as follows:

auto.master:
+auto.master

The current included map support precludes the use of such maps, as it falsely
detects this as a recursive map inclusion.  (Well, it actually works for
auto.master, but not for any other map).

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
autofs-4.1.3-182

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
Setup a master map:

/etc/auto.master:
/misc   /etc/auto.misc

Setup auto.misc:

/etc/auto.misc:
+auto.misc

/etc/nsswitch.conf:
automount: files nis

/etc/sysconfig/autofs:
ONE_AUTO_MASTER=1
DAEMON_OPTIONS="--ghost"

# service autofs start

The automounter will fail to load the nis map.

If everything works properly, the automounter would create a /misc directory,
and you would see a list of directories from the yp map auto.misc.  (to obtain
the map contents of auto.misc, simply do a 'ypcat -k auto.misc').
Comment 6 Red Hat Bugzilla 2006-07-20 14:44:14 UTC 
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2006-0459.html