Bug 430113

Summary: autofs unable to parse cifs map entry
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer>
Component: autofsAssignee: Ian Kent <ikent>
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Description Jeff Moyer 2008-01-24 16:36:54 UTC
Description of problem:

mount string works with file: but not with program:

[root@home etc]# rpm -q autofs
autofs-5.0.1-31.x86_64

[root@home etc]# uname -a
Linux home.cs.siue.edu 2.6.23.8-34.fc7 #1 SMP Thu Nov 22 20:39:56 EST 2007
x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[root@home etc]# tail -n 1 /var/log/messages
Jan 23 18:44:39 home automount[7567]: parse_mount: parse(sun): failed to expand
map entry

[root@home etc]# cat /etc/auto.homes
#! /bin/bash

echo "-fstype=cifs,dom=campus.siue.edu,credentials=/home/gbartho/credentials.txt
://ebserver-11.ac.siue.edu/2\$"

exit 0

[root@home etc]# date
Wed Jan 23 18:51:27 CST 2008
[root@home etc]# 

Version-Release number of selected component  if applicable :
autofs-5.0.1-31.x86_64

How reproducible:
100%

Comment 1 Ian Kent 2008-01-24 16:53:37 UTC
You need to double escape the $ in this because $ is a special
character (macro indicator) and the echo (or the shell, I'm
not sure which) removes the escape.

Ian


Comment 2 Gregory Lee Bartholomew 2008-01-24 17:03:33 UTC
I'll try that. Also, it sounds like something that should be included with an
example under "man 5 autofs"->"Executable Maps" to show exactly how many
backslashes to use in the common case where the share name ends with a $.

gb

(In reply to comment #1)
> You need to double escape the $ in this because $ is a special
> character (macro indicator) and the echo (or the shell, I'm
> not sure which) removes the escape.
> 
> Ian
> 



Comment 3 Gregory Lee Bartholomew 2008-01-24 17:19:18 UTC
It worked! Double escaping the dollar sign (i.e. "\\$") solved the problem.

Thanks,
gb

Comment 4 Bug Zapper 2008-05-14 15:17:07 UTC
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Comment 5 Bug Zapper 2008-06-17 03:00:12 UTC
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