Re: autofs-3.1.5

[H. Peter Anvin]

Rich McClellan wrote:
> 
> On Sun, 4 Jun 2000, Richard Gooch wrote:
> 
> > The problem I noticed is that the autofs script that comes with Debian
> > 2.2 has a text for /etc/auto.master, and if that exists, it *doesn't*
> > look at the auto.master YP map! This is a change of behaviour (one I
> > disapprove of). Since the default Debian installation has some (silly,
> > IMHO) sample /etc/auto.master file, I just blew that away and
> > rebooted.
> >
> 
> Red Hat (6.2, 6.1 and 5.2) all exhibit the same behavior:  If
> /etc/auto.master exists the YP map is not checked, even if nsswitch.conf
> specifies that nis should be checked before files.
> 

Yes, both of which is bogus.

        -hpa