Bug 199441

Summary: autofs reload and condrestart fail if map is originally empty
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Reporter: Alex Yacoub <ayacoub>
Component: autofsAssignee: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Brock Organ <borgan>
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Version: 4.0CC: ikent
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Fixed In Version: RHBA-2007-0274 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Patch for /etc/init.d/autofs none

Description Alex Yacoub 2006-07-19 16:29:01 UTC
Description of problem:

autofs doesn't start up when running "service autofs start" if the maps are empty.  I understand that 
this is probably by design, but it leads to another bug.

If you have autofs on in chkconfig, then change the map and call "service autofs reload", it should load 
the new map.  However, because the service doesn't start when the map is empty, the reload (as well as 
the condrestart) both fail to make autofs turn on.

When autofs is turned on in chkconfig, scripts and programs should have the expectation that autofs is 
running when the machine is on, and should be able to call condrestart and reload without worrying 
about it failing.

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

autofs-4.1.3-169

How reproducible:

Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Autofs is off; user is root
2. Supply an empty /etc/auto.master file (the default file installed by the rpm is fine)
3. Run "/sbin/service autofs start"
4. Replace the auto.master file with one that has at least one mount
5. Call "/sbin/service autofs reload" or "/sbin/service autofs condrestart"
  
Actual results:

autofs fails to reload / restart.

Expected results:

autofs SHOULD reload / restart

Additional info:

Comment 1 Alex Yacoub 2006-07-19 16:41:10 UTC
Created attachment 132695 [details]
Patch for /etc/init.d/autofs

This one-line patch fixes this bug.  This init.d file is written, however, for
both Debian and RedHat.  My patch only addresses the issue on RedHat.  I don't
even know if the bug exists on Debian.

Comment 2 Jeff Moyer 2006-07-24 18:08:00 UTC
This is simple enough.  Thanks!

Comment 3 Tom Coughlan 2006-09-15 13:54:08 UTC
Proposed for 4.5.

Comment 4 RHEL Program Management 2006-09-15 14:03:18 UTC
This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion in a Red
Hat Enterprise Linux maintenance release.  Product Management has requested
further review of this request by Red Hat Engineering, for potential
inclusion in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Update release for currently deployed
products.  This request is not yet committed for inclusion in an Update
release.

Comment 7 Jeff Moyer 2006-10-16 16:31:00 UTC
A fix for this problem was committed to autofs-4.1.3-195.  Alex, if I provide
updated packages, would you be willing to confirm that they fix your problem?

Comment 10 Red Hat Bugzilla 2007-05-07 23:26:29 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-2007-0274.html