[Bug 1007273] [NEW] autofs does not start automatically after reboot

[Thomas Schweikle]

Public bug reported:

After rebooting and logging in, I am prompted with "no home for user. logging in with /". looking for a running autofs I find it not started. Executing "sudo service autofs start" starts autofs.  After "cd ~" my home is mounted and available.
This error is erratic, but only on 12.04 systems. 10.04.4 LTS, 11.04, or 11.10 are not affected.
AFAICD autofs is sometimes started by upstart without the necessary services running (mainly DNS, just because Networking is not completely up) making autofs bail out. Starting it later it finds all necessities and starts.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: autofs (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.39-virtual 3.2.16
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-virtual x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Jun  1 08:16:46 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100816.2)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: autofs5
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-04-12 (49 days ago)

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


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug precise

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