Hi Michael,
On Sun, Jun 03, 2012 at 05:46:25PM +0400, Michael Tokarev wrote:
> On 03.06.2012 16:55, Andreas B. Mundt wrote:
> > On Sun, Jun 03, 2012 at 04:06:37PM +0400, Michael Tokarev wrote:
>
> > I guess autofs doesn't use "nsswitch.conf" at all, does it?
>
> Apparently it does -- this is the very end of default /etc/auto.master
> file:
>
> # Include central master map if it can be found using
> # nsswitch sources.
> #
> # Note that if there are entries for /net or /misc (as
> # above) in the included master map any keys that are the
> # same will not be seen as the first read key seen takes
> # precedence.
> #
> +auto.master
>
> When I put a map into "automount" line in nsswitch.conf
> which does not exist, it logs the following line into
> daemon.log:
>
> automount[1519]: ignored unsupported autofs nsswitch source "xyz"
>
> the same happens with ldap if it is in that line and
> there's no /usr/lib/autofs/lookup_ldap.so file found.
OK.
[...]
>
> So the only question remains: do you have other users of
> automount entry in nsswitch.conf except of autofs package
> itself (where it has other mechanism too) ?
I do not know of any.
> I'm about to mark this bug as a wishlist wontfix really... ;)
Yes, I agree, maybe it's better to do nothing by default. Instead of
supporting one setup but spoiling the others.
Thank you very much for taking the time on the issue.
Best regards,
Andi
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