Re: autofs {3, 4, 5} and bind mounts which point to other automount points

[Ian Kent <raven@themaw.net>]

On Fri, 2006-09-15 at 13:06 +0100, Matt Bernstein wrote:
> At 19:54 +0800 Ian Kent wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, 2006-09-15 at 10:57 +0100, Matt Bernstein wrote:
> >>
> >> Just to clarify, the "they" refers to the NFS-mounted directory. We try
> >> not to create home directories with 755 perms.
> >>
> >> /homes/mb says "No such file or directory". The log suggests it's trying
> >> to do an NFS mount, when it should be another bind mount.
> >>
> >> /homes/dave (cream:/export74/users/dave having 755 perms) works perfectly,
> >> with two bind mounts and one NFS mount.
> >
> > Can you send the log please.
> 
> 
> Sep 15 12:59:31 laurel automount[7808]: attempting to mount entry /homes/mb
> Sep 15 12:59:31 laurel automount[7808]: attempting to mount entry /home/cream/home71
> Sep 15 12:59:32 laurel automount[7808]: attempting to mount entry /server/cream/export71
> Sep 15 12:59:32 laurel automount[7808]: mount(nfs): mounted cream:/export71 on /server/cream/export71
> Sep 15 12:59:32 laurel automount[7808]: mounted /server/cream/export71
> Sep 15 12:59:32 laurel automount[7808]: mounted /home/cream/home71
> Sep 15 12:59:32 laurel automount[7808]: mount(nfs): nfs: mount failure :/home/cream/home71/mb on /homes/mb

Ya .. but I think this message is sensible as the mount itself is
initiated from the mount_nfs.c module. Why it's failing is the question!

I'll see if I can duplicate this here, when I get a chance.

> Sep 15 12:59:32 laurel automount[7808]: failed to mount /homes/mb
> 
> Sep 15 12:59:38 laurel automount[7808]: attempting to mount entry /homes/dave
> Sep 15 12:59:39 laurel automount[7808]: attempting to mount entry /home/cream/home74
> Sep 15 12:59:39 laurel automount[7808]: attempting to mount entry /server/cream/export74
> Sep 15 12:59:39 laurel automount[7808]: mount(nfs): mounted cream:/export74 on /server/cream/export74
> Sep 15 12:59:39 laurel automount[7808]: mounted /server/cream/export74
> Sep 15 12:59:39 laurel automount[7808]: mounted /home/cream/home74
> Sep 15 12:59:39 laurel automount[7808]: mounted /homes/dave