automount[ ]: failed to mount

automount[ ]: failed to mount

[Sev Binello]

Can anyone shed any light on the significance of the error messages below?

We constantly get messages of the form ....

Mar  4 11:28:57 acnlin43 automount[2740]: attempting to mount entry /cfs/g
Mar  4 11:29:00 acnlin43 automount[14890]: mount(nfs): no host elected
Mar  4 11:29:00 acnlin43 automount[14890]: failed to mount /cfs/g

or just simply....

   Mar  4 09:58:17 acnlin42 automount[30250]: failed to mount /cfs/ad



Followed by a successful mount not too long afterward...
Mar  4 11:33:54 acnlin43 automount[2740]: attempting to mount entry /cfs/g

The failure bounces around to different filesystems -- using /cfs/g here 
as an example --
even though the nfs severs for these filesystems are up and running.

We are running Redhat WS updates 1,2,3,4  and autofs-3.1.7-41 
autofs-4.1.3-47
our mounts look something like this ( we normally use udp, but also 
tested with tcp)...
in auto.master
        /cfs    /etc/auto.cfs   --timeout 60
in auto.cfs
            g    -ro,intr,noquota,proto=tcp                
acnlin34.pbn.bnl.gov:/cfsg



Thanks,
-Sev

Re: automount[ ]: failed to mount

[Chris Feist]

Can you try the new autofs package for RHEL3?

http://people.redhat.com/jmoyer/autofs-4.1.3-104.i386.rpm

Note: this is a package for RHEL3, not Fedora Core (it may not work with FC).

Thanks,
Chris


Sev Binello wrote:
> 
> Can anyone shed any light on the significance of the error messages below?
> 
> We constantly get messages of the form ....
> 
> Mar  4 11:28:57 acnlin43 automount[2740]: attempting to mount entry /cfs/g
> Mar  4 11:29:00 acnlin43 automount[14890]: mount(nfs): no host elected
> Mar  4 11:29:00 acnlin43 automount[14890]: failed to mount /cfs/g
> 
> or just simply....
> 
>   Mar  4 09:58:17 acnlin42 automount[30250]: failed to mount /cfs/ad
> 
> 
> 
> Followed by a successful mount not too long afterward...
> Mar  4 11:33:54 acnlin43 automount[2740]: attempting to mount entry /cfs/g
> 
> The failure bounces around to different filesystems -- using /cfs/g here 
> as an example --
> even though the nfs severs for these filesystems are up and running.
> 
> We are running Redhat WS updates 1,2,3,4  and autofs-3.1.7-41 
> autofs-4.1.3-47
> our mounts look something like this ( we normally use udp, but also 
> tested with tcp)...
> in auto.master
>        /cfs    /etc/auto.cfs   --timeout 60
> in auto.cfs
>            g    -ro,intr,noquota,proto=tcp                
> acnlin34.pbn.bnl.gov:/cfsg
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> -Sev
> 
> _______________________________________________
> autofs mailing list
> autofs@linux.kernel.org
> http://linux.kernel.org/mailman/listinfo/autofs

Re: automount[ ]: failed to mount

[Sev Binello]

Yes, trying it already.
Installed it yesterday.
No failed mount  messages since.
Looks goo so far.

Thanks
-Sev

Chris Feist wrote:

> Can you try the new autofs package for RHEL3?
>
> http://people.redhat.com/jmoyer/autofs-4.1.3-104.i386.rpm
>
> Note: this is a package for RHEL3, not Fedora Core (it may not work 
> with FC).
>
> Thanks,
> Chris
>
>
> Sev Binello wrote:
>
>>
>> Can anyone shed any light on the significance of the error messages 
>> below?
>>
>> We constantly get messages of the form ....
>>
>> Mar  4 11:28:57 acnlin43 automount[2740]: attempting to mount entry 
>> /cfs/g
>> Mar  4 11:29:00 acnlin43 automount[14890]: mount(nfs): no host elected
>> Mar  4 11:29:00 acnlin43 automount[14890]: failed to mount /cfs/g
>>
>> or just simply....
>>
>>   Mar  4 09:58:17 acnlin42 automount[30250]: failed to mount /cfs/ad
>>
>>
>>
>> Followed by a successful mount not too long afterward...
>> Mar  4 11:33:54 acnlin43 automount[2740]: attempting to mount entry 
>> /cfs/g
>>
>> The failure bounces around to different filesystems -- using /cfs/g 
>> here as an example --
>> even though the nfs severs for these filesystems are up and running.
>>
>> We are running Redhat WS updates 1,2,3,4  and autofs-3.1.7-41 
>> autofs-4.1.3-47
>> our mounts look something like this ( we normally use udp, but also 
>> tested with tcp)...
>> in auto.master
>>        /cfs    /etc/auto.cfs   --timeout 60
>> in auto.cfs
>>            g    -ro,intr,noquota,proto=tcp                
>> acnlin34.pbn.bnl.gov:/cfsg
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> -Sev
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> autofs mailing list
>> autofs@linux.kernel.org
>> http://linux.kernel.org/mailman/listinfo/autofs
>

Re: automount[ ]: failed to mount

[Mike Marion]

On 10 Mar, Sev Binello wrote:

> Yes, trying it already.
> Installed it yesterday.
> No failed mount  messages since.
> Looks goo so far.

Also, make sure you have the autofs4 kernel module loaded and not the older
autofs one.  I'd see similar problems (and especially problems in /net) if I
forgot to add
alias autofs autofs4 
in the modules.conf file and the old module loaded, but I was still running 
the 4.x daemon.

-- 
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