It seems autofs is completely broken for me not only does the service not start automatically it doesn't mount NFS shares on manual start.
Here is what I have tried $ sudo service autofs restart autofs start/running, process 4590 in syslog I see May 14 12:44:17 sky-ubuntu automount[4590]: syntax error in nsswitch config near [ syntax error ] here is my nsswitch.conf not sure what is wrong here $ cat /etc/nsswitch.conf # /etc/nsswitch.conf # # Example configuration of GNU Name Service Switch functionality. # If you have the `glibc-doc-reference' and `info' packages installed, try: # `info libc "Name Service Switch"' for information about this file. passwd: compat group: compat shadow: compat hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns mdns4 networks: files protocols: db files services: db files ethers: db files rpc: db files netgroup: nis If I try to automount manually this is what I see $ sudo automount -v -d -F -C -f -t 60 Starting automounter version 5.0.4, master map /etc/auto.master using kernel protocol version 5.01 lookup_nss_read_master: reading master file /etc/auto.master parse_init: parse(sun): init gathered global options: (null) lookup_read_master: lookup(file): read entry +auto.master syntax error in nsswitch config near [ syntax error ] lookup_nss_read_master: reading master files auto.master parse_init: parse(sun): init gathered global options: (null) lookup(file): failed to read included master map auto.master no mounts in table Any ideas on how I can fix this ... ?? -- autofs doesn't work with lucid https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/573919 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to autofs in ubuntu. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
