Bug 2442 - bad assumptions in autofs init script
Summary: bad assumptions in autofs init script
Status: CLOSED NEXTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: autofs
Version: 6.0
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
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Assignee: David Lawrence
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Reported: 1999-04-30 19:18 UTC by Nalin Dahyabhai
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:37 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 1999-08-21 19:21:48 UTC

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Description Nalin Dahyabhai 1999-04-30 19:18:50 UTC 
/etc/rc.d/init.d/autofs contains the following:
if [ -f /etc/$map ] ; then
	echo "$basecommand file /etc/$map ...
else
	echo "$basecommand yp $map ..."
fi

This breaks any lookup method that isn't file or yp, namely
nisplus and program, and hesiod if you recompile with it.
Comment 1 Nalin Dahyabhai 1999-04-30 19:40:59 UTC 
I forgot that autofs isn't exclusive-arch: i386 anymore.
Comment 2 Bill Nottingham 1999-08-21 19:21:59 UTC 
This should be fixed in autofs-3.1.3-5, which will be in the
next Raw Hide release.

You will be able to specify in /etc/auto.master:

/mnt	nisplus:/etc/mnt.map

which specifies to use an nisplus map.
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