[Bug 1978426] [NEW] "ignore" mount option set for autofs is not observed

[Maarten Jacobs]

Public bug reported:

I am thinking autofs is not the right package for this, but the behavior
is related to it.

I have various NFS mounts configured with autofs, and invariably all of
these mounts are reported twice by 'mount' as well as 'gio mount -l'.
Similarly my file manager (Thunar) also shows these mounts twice.

When I run 'mount', I see the same mount twice:

/etc/auto.<redacted> on /home/<redacted>/Documents type autofs (rw,relatime,fd=7,pgrp=11462,timeout=300,minproto=5,maxproto=5,direct,ignore,pipe_ino=167388)
<redacted>:/storage/Documents on /home/<redacted>/Documents type nfs4 (rw,relatime,vers=4.2,rsize=1048576,wsize=1048576,namlen=255,hard,proto=tcp,timeo=600,retrans=2,sec=sys,clientaddr=<redacted>,local_lock=none,addr=<redacted>)

I've anonymized the entries a bit. The first entry is created when the
master map is read, the second one is the "actual" NFS mount (created
when I access the mount point).

I've enabled "use_ignore_mount_option" in my autofs.conf - not quite
sure if that's what caused the "ignore" option to be included on the
autofs entry. But "ignore" is on the autofs line, and by the description
of that option, it should cause user space applications to ignore the
mount. Which apparently isn't happening.

Hence my earlier statement that I don't think autofs is the problem - I
think it's doing what it's supposed to - but the other applications are
not observing the mount option.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: autofs 5.1.6-2ubuntu0.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-117.132-generic 5.4.189
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-117-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.24
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Sun Jun 12 21:43:36 2022
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-05-04 (3326 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130423.1)
SourcePackage: autofs
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2022-03-18 (86 days ago)

** Affects: autofs (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug focal

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Title:
  "ignore" mount option set for autofs is not observed

Status in autofs package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I am thinking autofs is not the right package for this, but the
  behavior is related to it.

  I have various NFS mounts configured with autofs, and invariably all
  of these mounts are reported twice by 'mount' as well as 'gio mount
  -l'. Similarly my file manager (Thunar) also shows these mounts twice.

  When I run 'mount', I see the same mount twice:

  /etc/auto.<redacted> on /home/<redacted>/Documents type autofs (rw,relatime,fd=7,pgrp=11462,timeout=300,minproto=5,maxproto=5,direct,ignore,pipe_ino=167388)
  <redacted>:/storage/Documents on /home/<redacted>/Documents type nfs4 (rw,relatime,vers=4.2,rsize=1048576,wsize=1048576,namlen=255,hard,proto=tcp,timeo=600,retrans=2,sec=sys,clientaddr=<redacted>,local_lock=none,addr=<redacted>)

  I've anonymized the entries a bit. The first entry is created when the
  master map is read, the second one is the "actual" NFS mount (created
  when I access the mount point).

  I've enabled "use_ignore_mount_option" in my autofs.conf - not quite
  sure if that's what caused the "ignore" option to be included on the
  autofs entry. But "ignore" is on the autofs line, and by the
  description of that option, it should cause user space applications to
  ignore the mount. Which apparently isn't happening.

  Hence my earlier statement that I don't think autofs is the problem -
  I think it's doing what it's supposed to - but the other applications
  are not observing the mount option.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
  Package: autofs 5.1.6-2ubuntu0.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-117.132-generic 5.4.189
  Uname: Linux 5.4.0-117-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.24
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
  CurrentDesktop: XFCE
  Date: Sun Jun 12 21:43:36 2022
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-05-04 (3326 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130423.1)
  SourcePackage: autofs
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2022-03-18 (86 days ago)

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