[Bug 1094271] Re: autofs missing directory

[Jose Luis Tirado]

It's funny I was playing today with autofs and had the same doubt about
that folder and trying to clarify it I found your bug file.

I kept reading the documentation for a while and If I could understand
it the auto.master.d directory is supposed to hold map files for autofs.
This way, instead of editing auto.master file to include your mappings
you can create an independent file inside auto.master.d. Then, when
performing a system upgrade you won't risk to loose your manually
included mappings, as auto.master remains unmodified.

For instance, I manually create the auto.master.d directory and a file
inside named smb.autofs, with one single line:

/media/smb /etc/auto.smb --timeout=300,--ghost

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Title:
  autofs missing directory

Status in “autofs” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  /etc/auto.master refers to /etc/auto.master.d which does not exist.
  This folder should be created by the autofs package

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
  Package: autofs 5.0.6-2ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5
  Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Fri Dec 28 12:04:21 2012
  InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release i386 (20121017)
  SourcePackage: autofs
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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