hi goert
assuming a little reply is better than none...
the newer autofs is 3.1.3 ( from ftp.<cc>.kernel.org ) cc== country code
when running new linux-2.2 series kernels... you must also make
sure that all your binaries are running the minimal compatible versions
or newer.... ( most distros are not patched up to minimum level )
http://www.linux-consulting.com/Linux-2.2/upgrade.pl
in order to restart autofs, you must make sure that there were no
mounted mount points at the time you took autofs down....
have fun
alvin
http://www.linux-consulting.com/Amd_AutoFS/autofs-HOWTO.html
( am running: rh-5.2,5.9 debian-2.1 suse-5.0,6.0 slack-3.6 caldera-1.3 pht-3.0.1
- no macs :-(
> I'm experiencing problems with autofs. I use autofs to mount home directories
> under `/home'. Some of them are on local disks, others are mounted using NFS.
> Suddenly the automounter gets stuck, `/home' is no longer accessible and all
> processes accessing home (e.g. sendmail, imapd, ...) end up in `D' state
> (uninterruptible sleep). The load average increases, sendmail refuses to accept
> connections and the machine becomes unusable.
>
> Then I can no longer stop or restart autofs, nor kill (-15 or -9) the stuck
> processes. The only thing that helps is a reboot.
>
> Machine: Amiga 4000 running Linux/m68k 2.2.3pre1 (the `pre' is a m68k label,
> the kernel is based on the real 2.2.3). When looking at the changelogs at
> www.linuxhq.com, I see nothing changed in autofs since 2.2.3. The user space
> tools are autofs-3.1.1-7 and mount-2.9g-6.0.1 (both Debian). I'm not using NIS,
> but a plain file map in /etc/auto.home.
>
> Anyone with a solution? Or tips for debugging this problem? Could it be a m68k
> specific problem (other machines (ia32) on the net don't suffer from the
> problem)? Although this machine is the mailrelay for our site, I have no
> problems testing kernels on it. Currently it has to be rebooted several times a
> day anyway.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Greetings,
>
> Geert
>
> P.S. Please CC your replies to me. I'm on many Linux lists, but not on the
> autofs-list.
> --
> Geert Uytterhoeven [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Wavelets, Linux/{m68k~Amiga,PPC~CHRP} http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/~geert/
> Department of Computer Science -- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven -- Belgium
>
