Re: automount restart required

[Ian Kent <raven@themaw.net>]

Breitman, Jason wrote:
> Am I reading the version number wrong or is there a different numbering
> scheme inside of RHEL then in Fedora?

Don't be difficult.

All the important fixes are included in the RHEL-5 revision.
In fact, a lot of the time the fixes in the upstream package come from
work on RHEL reported bugs. Admittedly, it can be a while before they
make it into a RHEL release due to the process but the RHEL-5 version
you are using is very close to the Fedora version.

> 	
> http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/releases/11/Everything/i386/os/Packages
> /autofs-5.0.4-24.i586.rpm  
> 
> I will work on submitting a bug.
> 
> All I meant by issues is that I would rather deal with losing my
> official Redhat Support by using a Redhat unapproved, yet more stable,
> version of autofs then continue to use the Redhat approved autofs
> package and have automount issues.  Hopefully that makes sense.
> 
> 
> Jason Breitman
> jason.breitman@blackrock.com
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ian Kent [mailto:raven@themaw.net] 
> Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 8:56 PM
> To: Breitman, Jason
> Cc: autofs@linux.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: [autofs] automount restart required
> 
> Breitman, Jason wrote:
>> Operating System: RHEL 5.3 (32 bit)
>>
>> kernel package: kernel-2.6.18-128.el5
>>
>> autofs package: autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.131.el5_4.1
>>
>> nfs-utils package: nfs-utils-1.0.9-40.el5
>>
>> Map Type: Direct Map stored in NIS
>>
>> Issue:
>> Users and applications will not be able to get into one of the
>> directories in the direct map.
>> The system reports no such file or directory.
>> I can get to the mount point, but not any further.
>>
>> * I can not reproduce the issue on demand.
>> ** The issue does happen on multiple hosts with the same build.
>>
>> Resolution:
>> /etc/init.d/autofs restart
>>
>> Question:
>> I noticed much later versions of autofs on Fedora.  (autofs-5.0.4-XXX)
>> I also read the changelog and there are many fixes that might be
>> considered a solution to my problem.
> 
> I doubt it.
> The RHEL version you have is actually quite close to the Fedora version.
> 
>> Bottom line is what is the most stable package of autofs that I should
>> be using on my RHEL 5.3 Systems.
> 
> The version you have is the latest RHEL version.
> I'm not aware of the problem you describe so log a bug and include your
> maps, a debug log showing the problem and any other information like how
> often it happens.
> 
>> I understand that RHEL support may be affected, but would be willing
> to
>> deal with those issues.
> 
> So now there is more than one issue, what are the other issues?
> 
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Jason Breitman
>> jason.breitman@blackrock.com
>>
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