==> Regarding [autofs] mount 2.12: proplist and failed mounts; Axel Thimm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> adds:
Axel.Thimm> Hi, I was happily using autofs 4.1.3 with mount 2.11y. The maps Axel.Thimm> contained the proplist option (we share the maps with some OSF1 Axel.Thimm> boxes), but that did not disturb. Axel.Thimm> for other reasons I had to upgrade mount to 2.11 (part of Axel.Thimm> util-linux). Suddenly autofs will not mount anymore with errors Axel.Thimm> like: Axel.Thimm> Jun 25 12:25:50 heretic automount[12646]: failed to mount Axel.Thimm> /home/thimm Jun 25 12:25:50 heretic automount[12648]: >> Axel.Thimm> Unsupported nfs mount option: proplist Jun 25 12:25:50 heretic Axel.Thimm> automount[12648]: mount(nfs): nfs: mount failure Axel.Thimm> nukleon:/amd/nukleon/1/home/ag-linke/thimm on /home/thimm Axel.Thimm> I tested mount -o proplist and I got the above error and the Axel.Thimm> exit code was 32: >> mount -o proplist nukleon:/amd/nukleon/1/home/ag-linke/thimm /home/thimm Axel.Thimm> Unsupported nfs mount option: proplist >> echo $? Axel.Thimm> 32 Axel.Thimm> OK, so I thought mount has become quite picky now, and Axel.Thimm> downgraded. I retried the manual mount and got the same error & Axel.Thimm> exit code! Axel.Thimm> But autofs works properly again?!? Axel.Thimm> For one I'd like to understand how autofs manages to workaround Axel.Thimm> this error for 2.11y, and perhaps whether this can be used for Axel.Thimm> mount 2.12, also. Granted, the true error lies in the Axel.Thimm> configuration asking for unsupported proplist options, but Axel.Thimm> since it had a nice and greceful error fallback until now, it Axel.Thimm> would be nice to keep it. You need to specify the sloppy mount option (-s) for this to work. It basically tells mount to not be so picky about options it doesn't understand. (Note that autofs uses this option.) As for your experience, were you using Red Hat packages per chance? I had a bug filed here (on FC2, I think) which described your situation. The problem was that someone (not naming names) accidentally committed some code which did not allow sloppy mounts for NFS. It has since been fixed. Please let me know if you need more help tracking this down. Thanks! Jeff _______________________________________________ autofs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://linux.kernel.org/mailman/listinfo/autofs
