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Description of problem:

incorrect of start service command in autofs man page as below:

/etc/rc.d/init.d/autofs reload or systemctl autofs.service reload will check the current auto.master map against the  current  automount  managed  mounts. 

/etc/rc.d/init.d/autofs  status  or systemctl autofs.service status will display the status of, automount(8), running or not. 

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

autofs-5.1.4-29.el8.x86_64

How reproducible:

# man autofs


Actual results:

# systemctl reload autofs.service 

# systemctl status autofs.service 

and "/etc/rc.d/init.d/autofs reload"  or "/etc/rc.d/init.d/autofs  status" can't be implemented in rhel8.

Expected results:


Additional info:

So what is the problem you see with the man page?

It seems fairly clear to me:

"If a SysV init script system is being used:
/etc/rc.d/init.d/autofs start|stop|restart|reload|status

or if the systemd init system is being used:
systemctl start|stop|restart|reload|status autofs.service"

There's nothing there that says both of these can be used.

To me it reads as one or the other depending on what init
system the distribution in use is using.

Created attachment 1724114 [details]
Patch - fix incorrect systemctl command syntax in autofs(8)

Maybe what I found isn't what the reporter meant.
Nevertheless this is a mistake in the man page which needs fixing, ;)

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory (autofs bug fix and enhancement update), and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2021:1621