On Wed, 2007-11-07 at 08:39 -0500, Scott Leerssen wrote: > > On Nov 6, 2007, at 10:10 PM, Ian Kent wrote: > > > On Mon, 2007-11-05 at 12:43 -0500, Scott Leerssen wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > A google search and scan of the archives didn't reveal an answer, > > > so I > > > apologize in advance if this subject has been beaten to death > > > already. Here are a few version numbers for reference: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > CentOS 5 > > > kernel: 2.6.18-8.1.15.el5 > > > autofs: autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.43.0.2 > > > SElinux: disabled > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I have a stock, yum updated CentOS 5 installation on which autofs > > > works fine as long as the mount points are pre-existing. However, > > > if > > > I stop the automounter with 'service autofs stop' (or by > > > rebooting), > > > the automounter deletes my /net and /misc mount points and then > > > fails > > > to recreate them on 'service autofs start'. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > One caveat to the "normal" CentOS 5 install, is that I'm running > > > off > > > of an NFS root. Is there anything in particular about having a > > > mount > > > point inside another NFS mounted directory that would make > > > automount > > > want to remove my mount points and fail to recreate them? > > > > > > Yes. > > Does pre-creating them within the NFS mounted root work OK? > > > > > > Ian > > > > > > Yes, if the mounts are pre-existing, they mount up fine. When the > system reboots, however, they go away. An obvious workaround is to > write a script that scans /etc/auto.master, parse out the mount points > and create them before autofs starts, but I was hoping there was a > less "cave man" solution.
The problem is that, for various reasons, autofs won't create mount point directories on what it thinks is a remote file system. But, if the directory already exists, then it shouldn't be removed at shutdown. I think that was fixed in revision 0.rc2.44. Ian _______________________________________________ autofs mailing list [email protected] http://linux.kernel.org/mailman/listinfo/autofs
