not aware how you configured your NIS server(s) and client. in my case, on client side, i deleted clients local auot.master, then automount works perfectly according to the way you configure your NIS server(s). good luck. --- George Sakhnovsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > system: > redhat 6.2, kernel 2.2.16 > Linux automount version 3.1.5 > autofs-3.1.5 > > problem: > seems like everything should be working fine - > however the automounts are > not performed. any ideas will be appreciated. > > ~ > [root@popolare /etc]# mount > /dev/hda1 on / type ext2 (rw) > none on /proc type proc (rw) > none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620) > automount(pid370) on /mnt/floppy type autofs > (rw,fd=5,pgrp=370,minproto=2,maxproto=3) > automount(pid372) on /home type autofs > (rw,fd=5,pgrp=372,minproto=2,maxproto=3) > ~ > [root@popolare /home]# ps awx | grep automount > 370 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/automount > /mnt/floppy file > /etc/auto.floppy -timeout 60 > 372 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/automount /home > file /etc/auto.home > -timeout 60 > ~ > [root@popolare /home]# /etc/rc.d/init.d/autofs > status > Configured Mount Points: > ------------------------ > /usr/sbin/automount /mnt/floppy file > /etc/auto.floppy -timeout 60 > /usr/sbin/automount /home file /etc/auto.home > -timeout 60 > > Active Mount Points: > -------------------- > [root@popolare /home]# > ~ > [root@popolare /]# ls -ld home > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Jun 21 > 10:33 home > [root@popolare /]# cd home > [root@popolare /home]# ls -l > total 0 > [root@popolare /home]# > ~ > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com/
