[Bug 1016068] [NEW] autofs prints "automount[19165]: syntax error in nsswitch config near [ syntax error ] " to syslog

[Thomas Schweikle]

Public bug reported:

autofs prints " automount[19165]: syntax error in nsswitch config near [ syntax error ]" to syslog while started. Within /etc/nsswitch.conf I have:
# /etc/nsswitch.conf
#
# Example configuration of GNU Name Service Switch functionality.
# If you have the `glibc-doc-reference' and `info' packages installed, try:
# `info libc "Name Service Switch"' for information about this file.

passwd:         compat
group:          compat
shadow:         compat

hosts:          files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns mdns4
networks:       files

protocols:      db files
services:       db files
ethers:         db files
rpc:            db files

netgroup:       nis

As far as I see there is no syntax error within nsswitch! What ever this
error message means: autofs doesn't work as expected:

/etc/auto.master:
/media/cifs   /etc/auto.cifs

/etc/auto.cifs:
box             -fstype=cifs,rw,credentials=/etc/fritz.cred     ://192.168.6.1/FRITZ.NAS

Changing to /media/box:
# cd /media/box
bash: cd: /media/box: No such file or directory

While
# mkdir /media/box
# mount -t cifs -o rw,credentials=/etc/fritz.cred //192.168.6.1/FRITZ.NAS /media/box

works (if autofs was terminated before. Else you'll get the error: "mkdir: cannot create directory `box': Permission denied"):
# ll /media/box
total 4.0K
drwxrwxrwx 3 tps  tps     0 Jan  1  1970 ./
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4.0K Jun 21 16:26 ../
drwxrwxrwx 9 tps  tps     0 May 28  60056 PatriotMemory-01/

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: autofs (not installed)
Uname: Linux 3.4.3 x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Jun 21 16:06:26 2012
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: autofs5
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug oneiric

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  autofs prints "automount[19165]: syntax error in nsswitch config near
  [ syntax error ] " to syslog

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