Re: Ubuntu NFS automount problem

[Ondrej Valousek <webserv@s3group.cz>]

Ian,
So what is the conclusion in terms of NFSv4 compatibility? Will the 
-hosts map work in autofs5?
Thanks,
Ondrej

Ian Kent wrote:
> On Mon, 2008-11-24 at 12:31 -0800, Bill Shannon wrote:
>   
>> Peter Staubach wrote:
>>     
>>> Bill, why aren't you using the -hosts map?
>>>       
>> That's a good question...
>>
>> I don't remember how I got to this point, but ...
>>
>> I just tried using -hosts, but it doesn't seem to be working:
>>
>> vostro# cat /etc/auto.master
>> # $Id: auto.master,v 1.2 1997/10/06 21:52:03 hpa Exp $
>> # Sample auto.master file
>> # Format of this file:
>> # mountpoint map options
>> # For details of the format look at autofs(8).
>> # /misc	/etc/auto.misc	--timeout=60
>> /home	/etc/auto.home	-nosuid
>> #/net	/etc/auto.net	-nosuid
>> /net	-hosts		-nosuid
>> #/-	/etc/auto.direct	-nosuid
>> vostro# /etc/init.d/autofs reload
>> Reloading automounter: checking for changes ...
>> Reloading automounter map for: /home
>> Stopping automounter for: /smb
>> vostro# ls /net/nissan
>> ls: cannot access /net/nissan: No such file or directory
>> vostro# /etc/init.d/autofs restart
>> Stopping automounter:
>>    Couldn't stop automount for /home done.
>> Starting automounter:
>>   failed to start automount point /home
>>   done.
>> vostro# /etc/init.d/autofs reload
>> Reloading automounter: checking for changes ...
>> Reloading automounter map for: /home
>> vostro# ls /net/nissan
>> ls: cannot access /net/nissan: No such file or directory
>> vostro# grep nissan /etc/hosts
>> 192.168.1.2	nissan
>>
>> I think that's the reason I ended up with an auto.net map,
>> although it now seems likely that it never worked as intended.
>>
>> I started chasing this problem because my auto.home map wasn't
>> working, which I now understand is the expected behavior based
>> on the way I'm now exporting my /export/home filesystems.  My
>> mistake.
>>
>> I just fixed my auto.home map using multimounts.
>>
>> Still, any hints as to why the -hosts pseudo-map isn't working
>> would be appreciated.  Are you sure it's *supposed* to work?
>> It's not documented in the man page.
>>
>> I think this is the version of autofs I have:
>>
>> vostro# dpkg-query -l 'autofs*'
>> Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
>> | Status=Not/Installed/Config-f/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/t-aWait/T-pend
>> |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
>> ||/ Name           Version        Description
>> +++-==============-==============-============================================
>> ii  autofs         4.1.4+debian-2 kernel-based automounter for Linux
>>     
>
> Yep, that's version 4.
>
>   
>> Is there an "autofs5" package I should install instead?
>>     
>
> I'm not sure.
>
> There is an autofs5 in the package pool on the mirrors but I can't tell
> which release it belongs to.
>
> Perhaps an "apt-cache search" will give the answer.
>
> Ian
>
>
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