> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: [email protected]
> > > Sent: 03/23/13 07:16 PM
> > > To: BLFS Support List
> > > Subject: Re: [blfs-support] Autofs problem on LFS7.2
> >
> > > Can you ensure you're running as root, for now at least, when trying the
> > > automount stuff; it's ok to do it from 'su - ...' in a shell; and don't
> > > run it
> > > via sudo, for now at least. This is to try to contain any permissions
> > > issues that
> > > might be causing fails when you try it as an ordinary user. See also note
> > > below
> > > about testing as root at console and outside of X/gui/DE.
> > >
> > >
> > > Kernel: is autofs compiled in or as a module:
> > $ grep -iEC1 'experimental|autofs' /boot/config*
> > CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y
> > CONFIG_BROKEN_ON_SMP=y
> > --
> .
> .
> > CONFIG_QUOTACTL=y
> > CONFIG_AUTOFS4_FS=y
> > # CONFIG_FUSE_FS is not set
> > $
> > >
> > >
> > > Modules: is autofs loaded:
> > $ lsmod | grep -i auto
> > None
> > $
> > >
>
>
> OK: it's compiled into kernel and not as a module.
> If things _still_ don't work after stuff below, then an option may be to
> compile
> as a module: but I think we'd not need to go that route.
>
>
> > >
> > > Misc supporting files: is it setup ok:
> > $ grep -i auto /proc/filesystems /etc/filesystems /etc/nsswitch.conf
> > /proc/filesystems:nodev autofs
> > grep: /etc/filesystems: No such file or directory
> > $
> > >
>
>
> Just to check: you _do_ have an /etc/nsswitch.conf file, yes (the grep
> above doesn't complain about it being missing)?
> Can you, just for ref and dbl-chk, post the current /etc/nsswitch.conf
> contents -
> omit commented-out stuff and blank lines.
$ # Begin /etc/nsswitch.conf
passwd: files
group: files
shadow: files
hosts: files dns
networks: files
protocols: files
services: files
ethers: files
rpc: files
automount: files
# End /etc/nsswitch.conf
Had the file, but needed to add automount
$
> > >
> > > Logged error messages - just include the lines from the most recent day's
> > > testing:
> > $ grep -i auto /var/log/{debug,messages,syslog}
> > Mar 24 11:33:55 +00:00 cliffhanger Starting automount: OK
> > (this was from boot.log, don't have the others, but checked kern.log,
> > daemon.log and sys.log)
> > $
> > >
>
>
> Can you stop/kill the currently-running automount process, and verify via ps
> or
> similar that there's no automount processes running, and then run automount
> manually and in debug mode at console via:
>
> $ automount -v -f -d
$ Without '-d'
Starting automounter version 5.0.7, master map auto.master
using kernel protocol version 5.02
open_mount:244: parse(sun): cannot open mount module nfs
(//lib/autofs/mount_nfs.so: undefined symbol: auth_put)
lookup(file): failed to open parse context
lookup(file): file map /etc/auto_master missing or not readable
no mounts in table
Hangs at this point
$
$ With '-d'
Starting automounter version 5.0.7, master map auto.master
using kernel protocol version 5.02
lookup_nss_read_master: reading master files auto.master
parse_init: parse(sun): init gathered global options: (null)
open_mount:244: parse(sun): cannot open mount module nfs
(//lib/autofs/mount_nfs.so: undefined symbol: auth_put)
lookup(file): failed to open parse context
lookup_nss_read_master: auto.master not found, replacing '.' with '_'
lookup(file): file map /etc/auto_master missing or not readable
no mounts in table
Hangs at this point
$
> > >
> > > Autofs default config:
> > $ grep -vE '^[[:space:]]*(#|$)' /etc/sysconfig/autofs*
> > /etc/sysconfig/autofs:TIMEOUT=300
> > /etc/sysconfig/autofs:BROWSE_MODE="no"
> > /etc/sysconfig/autofs:USE_MISC_DEVICE="yes"
> > /etc/sysconfig/autofs.conf:automount=/sbin/automount
> > /etc/sysconfig/autofs.conf:localoptions=''
> > /etc/sysconfig/autofs.conf:daemonoptions='--timeout 60'
> > /etc/sysconfig/autofs.conf:piddir=/var/run
> > /etc/sysconfig/autofs.conf:pidroot=autofs
> > $
> > >
> > >
> > > If we need to delve into modules config, get some basic info:
> > $ find -P /etc -xdev \( -iname '*module*' -o -iname '*modprobe*' \) -ls
> > 826040 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1507 Jan 28 20:55
> > /etc/pango/pango.modules
> > 826064 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1765 Jan 31 10:19
> > /etc/gtk-2.0/gtk.immodules
> > 825876 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 559 Dec 28 21:47
> > /etc/sysconfig/modules
> > 825917 4 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Dec 29 20:18
> > /etc/modprobe.d
> > 826046 4 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 1 20:54
> > /etc/pkcs11/modules
> > 826085 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 293 Feb 1 20:54
> > /etc/pkcs11/modules/gnome-keyring.module
> > 825879 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Dec 28 21:47
> > /etc/rc.d/rcS.d/S05modules../init.d/modules
> > 825861 4 -rwxr-xr-- 1 root root 2160 Dec 28 21:47
> > /etc/rc.d/init.d/modules
> > $
> > >
> > >
> > > Misc environment:
> > > --
> > > * fstab: already covered, so OK here for now.
> > > * hal: already said you're not running it.
> > > * udev: is udev running?
> > YES
> >
> > > * gui/de: are you testing automount from within a gnome session, or kde,
> > > or
> > > what: what, if any, desktop environment are you using?
> > From Command prompt, have no gui at present.
> >
> > > * ldap: are you running/using it on the machine?
> > No
> > > * selinux: are you running it?
> > No
> >
> > > * have you tried automount stuff when logged in at console directly as
> > > root,
> > > without any layers of 'su -' or 'sudo' or similar, and not running any
> > > X/gui/DE ?
> > Almost always as root
> >
> > > (( Btw, in case you're - reasonably - wondering at what point to 'cut'
> > > this attempt
> > > at autofs: if it's no-go just now, an option is to back-burner it for a
> > > month or
> > > so (at least wrt detailed-debug input from this end - obv you can test
> > > things
> > > yrself as/when you want) pending a blfs-7.2-based build at this end on
> > > some new
> > > machines (as part of their burn-in testing) and I could do a quick
> > > by-the-book
> > > lfs/blfs build (they're fast machines) to try to replicate more exactly
> > > your
> > > environment - recall that here am running slightly bsd-ish lfs-based
> > > systems (as
> > > well as bsd-ish Slackware and, er, the bsd-ish OpenBSD).
> >
> > I am just grateful to get this sorted, it has never worked on four LFS
> > builds as mentioned.
> > Will only ever be using at the command prompt, as I understand KDE(future
> > gui)uses udisk for automounting?
> >
> > MAC
> >
>
>
> Have left the above chunk of notes in-place in case we need to go onto that.
thanks
MAC
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