[Bug 699737] Re: automount[1275]: syntax error in nsswitch config near [ syntax error ]
Juhan Leemet
699737 at bugs.launchpad.net
Sun Oct 30 17:18:01 UTC 2011
Suggestion for addition to documentation: one line (in autofs or
auto.master man pages) to remind people to insert:
automount: nis files
(or some such) into the /etc/nsswitch.conf file. The Ubuntu default
nsswitch.conf file does not have ANY line for automount. I have been
usuing automounter for a long time with SunOS, Solaris, other Linux. I
had to refer to my Sun workstation nsswitch.conf files to try to figure
out what was wrong. As soon as I inserted the above line into the Ubuntu
nsswitch.conf file, and did the "service autofs reload", my NFS shared
home directories specified by auto.* files in NIS (aka yp) appeared! Now
I'm a happy camper!
Obviously, other choices for source of automount files exist (e.g.
LDAP). In my setup, I use NIS, and "fall back" to files, if necessary.
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automount[1275]: syntax error in nsswitch config near [ syntax error ]
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