[Bug 488696] Re: syntax error in nsswitch config near [ syntax error ]

[Maarten Jacobs]

Hmm. I ran into more issues with autofs. Not sure when they actually
started, I only noticed them today. After some poking around I figured
out that:

1. The "map auto.master: Local domain name not set" error occurs when I include "+auto.master" in /etc/auto.master. I also found out that this entry in /etc/auto.master is not required (at least on my installation).
2. For some bizarre reason, the way I had my autofs map files set up didn't work anymore without specifically adding ".local" to the server identification. For instance I'd set up:

/home/user/Pictures server:/home/user/Pictures

I had to change this to:

/home/user/Pictures server.local:/home/user/Pictures

This (so far) appears to have solved my issues with automount.

At the same time I also changed /etc/nsswitch.conf:

From:

hosts:          files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns mdns4

To:

hosts:          files dns mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] mdns4

But I'm not sure that had any impact.

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  syntax error in nsswitch config near [ syntax error ]

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