Re: [TCLUG:15357] automount + yp == trouble

[Clay Fandre <cfandre@maddog.mn-linux.org>]

Lynette Bellini wrote:
> 
> I am attemping to integrate a couple of SuSE linux boxes (6.3) into a
> cluster of machines which interoperate with yp maps and utilize
> automount.
> 
> ypcat auto.home returns the appropriate information. portmap is in
> hosts.allow. Here are my auto.* files:
> 
> auto.master
> /home   /etc/auto.home
> 
> auto.home
> +auto.home
> cd              -fstype=iso9660,ro      :/dev/cdrom
> floppy          -fstype=auto            :/dev/fd0
> 
> /etc/rc.d/autofs status returns the following:
> 
> Checking for service autofs: OK
> Configured Mount Points:
> - ------------------------
> automount -t 300 /home file /etc/auto.home
> automount -t 300 /home yp auto.home nobrowse
> 
> Active Mount Points:
> - --------------------
> automount -t 300 /home file /etc/auto.home
> 
> (I believe there should be "yp" in there instead of/in addition to
> "file".)
> 
> /var/log/messages has only:
> Mar 30 11:52:15 sevengill automount[155]: attempting to mount entry /home/tobkin
> Mar 30 11:52:15 sevengill automount[289]: lookup(file): looking up tobkin
> Mar 30 11:52:15 sevengill automount[289]: lookup(file): lookup for tobkin failed
> 
> for errors. I believe this means that the automounter is not seeing
> the yp auto.home map. I have also tried
> 
> auto.master
> /home  auto.home
> 
> Can anyone tell me what magic I'm missing?
> 

If you do a 
ypcat -k auto.home | grep tobkin
does it show anything?


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Clay Fandre
Twin Cities Linux Users Group
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