SLE10SP2 autofs4 client fails to mount share from autofs5 enabled server via NIS data
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Environment
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 Service Pack 2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Service Pack 2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Service Pack 2
Situation
A SLE10 SP2 based client with autofs 4.1.4-23.23 is not able to automount shares provided by a NIS server running autofs5. Manually mounting the NFS shares and querying the NIS data using commands like '/usr/bin/ypcat -k auto.home' is possible.
Resolution
Workaround:
Edit /etc/init.d/autofs, search for line 137 and add the following entries:
+ else
+ map=${map#*:}
Please alter this section as shown in the following example:
maptype=${map%%:*}
if test -z "$maptype" || ! is_maptype "$maptype"; then
maptype=yp
else
map=${map#*:}
fi
if [ ! -z "$dir" -a ! -z "$map" -a x`echo "$map" | cut -c1` != 'x-' ] ; then
Save the changes and restart autofs using 'rcautofs restart'.
This issue is fixed as of SLES10SP4.
Edit /etc/init.d/autofs, search for line 137 and add the following entries:
+ else
+ map=${map#*:}
Please alter this section as shown in the following example:
maptype=${map%%:*}
if test -z "$maptype" || ! is_maptype "$maptype"; then
maptype=yp
else
map=${map#*:}
fi
if [ ! -z "$dir" -a ! -z "$map" -a x`echo "$map" | cut -c1` != 'x-' ] ; then
Save the changes and restart autofs using 'rcautofs restart'.
This issue is fixed as of SLES10SP4.
Disclaimer
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- Document ID:7004502
- Creation Date: 23-Sep-2009
- Modified Date:05-Mar-2021
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