Description of problem: man 8 automount refers to: auto.master(8) no section 8 man page exists -- I see: man 5 auto.master, however Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.131.el5_4.1 How reproducible: read man 5 autmount Steps to Reproduce: as above Actual results: ... auto.master(8) map and ... Expected results: either a sec 8 man page, or a typo correct Additional info: Please ask if any questions -- looks like a trivially easy doco fix
Yes, a typo, there is no auto.master(8) only auto.master(5).
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Created attachment 488670 [details] Patch - automount(8) man page correction
The bug is verified, test output is as follow: [root@nec-em8 ~]# uname -a Linux nec-em8.rhts.eng.bos.redhat.com 2.6.18-259.el5PAE #1 SMP Fri Apr 29 01:18:30 EDT 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux [root@nec-em8 ~]# cat /etc/redhat-release Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.7 Beta (Tikanga) [root@nec-em8 ~]# rpm -q autofs autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.155.el5 [root@nec-em8 ~]# man 8 automount | cat AUTOMOUNT(8) AUTOMOUNT(8) NAME automount - manage autofs mount points SYNOPSIS automount [options] [master_map] ......... [root@nec-em8 ~]# man 5 automount No entry for automount in section 5 of the manual [root@nec-em8 ~]# man 8 auto.master No entry for auto.master in section 8 of the manual [root@nec-em8 ~]# man 5 auto.master | cat AUTO.MASTER(5) AUTO.MASTER(5) NAME auto.master - Master Map for automounter ......................
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 therefore 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-2011-1079.html