Bug 5796
| Summary: | autofs start script ignores NIS maps | ||
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| Product: | [Retired] Red Hat Linux | Reporter: | chauvin |
| Component: | autofs | Assignee: | Cristian Gafton <gafton> |
| Status: | CLOSED DUPLICATE | QA Contact: | |
| Severity: | high | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | high | ||
| Version: | 6.1 | CC: | ifinci, kresa |
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| Hardware: | All | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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| Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | |
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| Last Closed: | 1999-11-01 22:35:46 UTC | Type: | --- |
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A logic error in /etc/rc.d/init.d/autofs prevents automount from being started for maps that are received through NIS. the function 'getmounts()' in the autofs start script does the following: if[ -f /etc/auto.master ] then start automount for mount points in/etc/auto.master else search for mount points in NIS maps. fi this logic prevents maps from being loaded from _both_ /etc/auto.master and over NIS. The fix for this is quite simple: test first for /etc/auto.master and then test for NIS maps. I'd be happy to provide a patch if this explanation isn't clear. thanks! ------- Additional Comments From 10/14/99 06:01 ------- A quick fix is to use the startup script from 6.0 Although not the best of solutions, I need my system up and running. ------- Additional Comments From 10/20/99 13:44 ------- Autofs should check /etc/nsswitch.conf to determine if it should use NIS at all. In 6.0, you could say "automount: files" in /etc/nsswitch.conf, and autofs it would still check NIS. It looks like this change in 6.1 was meant to remedy the problem, but the best solution was not chosen.