[Bug 1173738] Re: autofs expiring path

[Joshua Powers]

Agreed, marking this a wishlist bug for someone to clean up the doc.

** Changed in: autofs (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Medium => Wishlist

** Summary changed:

- autofs expiring path
+ autofs better document timeout option

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Title:
  autofs better document timeout option

Status in autofs package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Bug on Ubuntu Raring (13.04) not present with the same configuration
  with Precise (12.04)

  Autofs fails after few seconds of mount. When i open folder in my cifs
  share after very fews seconds i have been redirected in my home
  directory.

  cat /etc/auto.master
  +auto.master
  /home/gecko/Partage	/etc/auto.cifs --timeout=3 --ghost

  cat /etc/auto.cifs
  Videos          -fstype=cifs,rw,user=nas,password=<password>,rsize=262144,wsize=262144       ://Nas/Vidéos

  Debug with automount -f -v :
  Starting automounter version 5.0.7, master map /etc/auto.master
  using kernel protocol version 5.02
  mounted indirect on /home/gecko/Partage with timeout 3, freq 1 seconds
  ghosting enabled
  attempting to mount entry /home/gecko/Partage/.hidden
  key ".hidden" not found in map source(s).
  failed to mount /home/gecko/Partage/.hidden
  attempting to mount entry /home/gecko/Partage/Bibliotheque
  mounted /home/gecko/Partage/Bibliotheque
  1 remaining in /home/gecko/Partage
  1 remaining in /home/gecko/Partage
  1 remaining in /home/gecko/Partage
  1 remaining in /home/gecko/Partage
  expiring path /home/gecko/Partage/Bibliotheque
  expired /home/gecko/Partage/Bibliotheque
  umounted indirect mount /home/gecko/Partage
  shut down path /home/gecko/Partage
  autofs stopped

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