[Bug 1040846] [NEW] Missing content in /etc/nsswitch.conf causes failure

Paul Smith psmith at gnu.org
Thu Aug 23 19:49:10 UTC 2012


Public bug reported:

I can't find any package that /etc/nsswitch.conf belongs to, so I'm
reporting this issue here since it's related to automount.

I use NIS to distribute automount databases, and the autofs5 package.
My /etc/auto.master file contains:

+auto.master

and I can run "ypcat -k auto.master" and it works fine.  However, when I
start "automount -f -v" I get these errors:

~# automount -f -v
Starting automounter version 5.0.6, master map /etc/auto.master
using kernel protocol version 5.02
syntax error in nsswitch config near [ syntax error ]

lookup(file): failed to read included master map auto.master
no mounts in table

Looking at /etc/nsswitch.conf I see that there is NO entry for
"automount" at all in this file.  I added a line like this:

automount: files nis

and after that, it worked fine.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: autofs 5.0.6-0ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-29.46-generic 3.2.24
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-29-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu12
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Aug 23 15:45:04 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120817.1)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=C
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: autofs5
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: autofs5 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug precise running-unity

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