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Description of problem: I have two-level automount file maps where the top /etc/auto.work defines a global variable 'name' as follows, * -fstype=autofs -Dname=& file:/etc/auto.work.sub The first file map /etc/auto.work.sub then uses a second file map as follows, subwork -fstype=autofs file:/etc/auto.work.sub2 The second file map /etc/auto.work.sub2 then uses the variable to nfs mount, * -fstype=nfs,vers=3 server:/work/${name}/subwork/& It used to work in Fedora 14 but now the '${name}' variable is empty. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): autofs-5.0.6-3.fc16.x86_64 kernel-3.1.5-1.fc16.x86_64 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. setup two-level automount file maps with a global variable defined at the top as above 2. cd /work/myname/subwork/mydir 3. Actual results: -bash: cd: /work/myname/subwork/mydir: No such file or directory Expected results: mount the directory Additional info: Here is the /var/log/messages output relevant to this problem: automount[10791]: lookup_mount: lookup(file): looking up mydir automount[10791]: lookup_mount: lookup(file): mydir -> -fstype=nfs,vers=3 server:/work/${name}/subwork/& automount[10791]: parse_mount: parse(sun): expanded entry: -fstype=nfs,vers=3 server:/work//subwork/mydir automount[10791]: parse_mount: parse(sun): gathered options: fstype=nfs,vers=3 automount[10791]: parse_mount: parse(sun): dequote("server:/work//subwork/mydir") -> server:/work//subwork/mydir automount[10791]: parse_mount: parse(sun): core of entry: options=fstype=nfs,vers=3, loc=server:/work//subwork/mydir We can see that ${name} is parsed as empty instead of 'myname'. I tried to pass down the variable by defining it again in /etc/auto.work.sub as follows, subwork -fstype=autofs,-Dname=${name} file:/etc/auto.work.sub2 but then it would duplicate the value, so that /work/myname/subwork/mydir will be mapped to server:/work/mynamemyname/subwork/mydir I found a workaround though. If I change the first file map /etc/auto.work.sub to re-define it as an empty variable, it works, subwork -fstype=autofs,-Dname= file:/etc/auto.work.sub2
OK, I'll investigate.
(In reply to comment #1) > OK, I'll investigate. Looks to me like this is broken on F14 also. Can you give me a package version where this last worked for you?
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