Autofs Error Messages

Autofs Error Messages

[Thanh Tran]

I've been having problems w/ automount.  It does not detect my usb drive.  Looking at the system logs, my kernel seems to see the usb stick insertion just fine.  The automount log indicates it's running.  I get the following message.

automount[900]: attempting to mount entry /mnt/usbdrive/usbdrive
automount[900]: lookup(program): lookup for usbdrive failed
automount[900]: failed to mount /mnt/usbdrive/usbdrive

The auto.master:

/mnt/usbdrive /etc/auto.usbdrive

The auto.usbdrive:
usbdrive	-fstype=vfat,uid=500,gid=500,umask=002	:/dev/sdb1

I've done a quick internet search on the issue and the advice I got was to check the auto.usbdrive file.  It seems OK to me.  Any other suggestions?  Thanks in advance.

Re: Autofs Error Messages

[Jeff Moyer]

Thanh Tran <ttran7700@yahoo.com> writes:

> I've been having problems w/ automount.  It does not detect my usb
> drive.  Looking at the system logs, my kernel seems to see the usb
> stick insertion just fine.  The automount log indicates it's running.
> I get the following message.
>
> automount[900]: attempting to mount entry /mnt/usbdrive/usbdrive
> automount[900]: lookup(program): lookup for usbdrive failed
> automount[900]: failed to mount /mnt/usbdrive/usbdrive
>
> The auto.master:
>
> /mnt/usbdrive /etc/auto.usbdrive
>
> The auto.usbdrive:
> usbdrive	-fstype=vfat,uid=500,gid=500,umask=002	:/dev/sdb1
>
> I've done a quick internet search on the issue and the advice I got
> was to check the auto.usbdrive file.  It seems OK to me.  Any other
> suggestions?  Thanks in advance.

Hmm, second report of this sort of thing.  Does a chmod -x of
/etc/auto.usbdrive make things work?

Cheers,
Jeff

Re: Autofs Error Messages

[Ian Kent]

Thanh Tran wrote:
> I've been having problems w/ automount.  It does not detect my usb
> drive.  Looking at the system logs, my kernel seems to see the usb
> stick insertion just fine.  The automount log indicates it's running.
> I get the following message.
> 
> automount[900]: attempting to mount entry /mnt/usbdrive/usbdrive 
> automount[900]: lookup(program): lookup for usbdrive failed 
> automount[900]: failed to mount /mnt/usbdrive/usbdrive
> 
> The auto.master:
> 
> /mnt/usbdrive /etc/auto.usbdrive
> 
> The auto.usbdrive: usbdrive	-fstype=vfat,uid=500,gid=500,umask=002
> :/dev/sdb1
> 
> I've done a quick internet search on the issue and the advice I got
> was to check the auto.usbdrive file.  It seems OK to me.  Any other
> suggestions?  Thanks in advance.

Looks like /etc/auto.usbdrive is executable and autofs is trying to
execute it instead of reading it.

Ian

Re: Autofs Error Messages

[Thanh Tran]

The execute bit was set on the file.  I chmod -x and it works now.  Thanks.

--- On Thu, 6/18/09, Ian Kent <raven@themaw.net> wrote:

> From: Ian Kent <raven@themaw.net>
> Subject: Re: [autofs] Autofs Error Messages
> To: "Thanh Tran" <ttran7700@yahoo.com>
> Cc: autofs@linux.kernel.org
> Date: Thursday, June 18, 2009, 12:53 PM
> Thanh Tran wrote:
> > I've been having problems w/ automount.  It does
> not detect my usb
> > drive.  Looking at the system logs, my kernel
> seems to see the usb
> > stick insertion just fine.  The automount log
> indicates it's running.
> > I get the following message.
> > 
> > automount[900]: attempting to mount entry
> /mnt/usbdrive/usbdrive 
> > automount[900]: lookup(program): lookup for usbdrive
> failed 
> > automount[900]: failed to mount
> /mnt/usbdrive/usbdrive
> > 
> > The auto.master:
> > 
> > /mnt/usbdrive /etc/auto.usbdrive
> > 
> > The auto.usbdrive: usbdrive   
> -fstype=vfat,uid=500,gid=500,umask=002
> > :/dev/sdb1
> > 
> > I've done a quick internet search on the issue and the
> advice I got
> > was to check the auto.usbdrive file.  It seems OK
> to me.  Any other
> > suggestions?  Thanks in advance.
> 
> Looks like /etc/auto.usbdrive is executable and autofs is
> trying to
> execute it instead of reading it.
> 
> Ian
> 
>