[Bug 1081489] Re: autofs package is missing the lookup_sss.so module(!); negating autofs-enabled sssd functionality (automount fails)

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Title:
  autofs package is missing the lookup_sss.so module(!); negating
  autofs-enabled sssd functionality (automount fails)

Status in The Linux Mint Distribution:
  New
Status in “autofs” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Brief:

  We are running an environment where users' home directories are
  automounted based on information stored in an LDAP db. To avoid
  double-lookups (and increase performance and stability), we use the
  sssd daemon to cache login and automount information. I.e, the
  /etc/nsswitch.conf has 'automount: sss' as opposed to 'automount:
  ldap'.

  Problem:

  The autofs pkg in Linux Mint 14 is missing the 'lookup_sss.so' module
  (which autofs uses to obtain the automount information from the System
  Security Services Daemon/sssd.) This means that the entire sssd
  integration with autofs is unable to function properly.

  Since this looks like an oversight; I am reporting this issue as a bug
  in the hope of a quick upstream fix. Naturally, the Mint installation
  is not working very well without this functionality in place and
  maintaining custom packages for this task is not a good option.

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