[Bug 958704] Re: ubuntu 12.04 boot with nis(ypbind) autofs (nfs) not working.

[James Page]

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On 22/03/12 17:02, kenjo wrote:
> On Thu, 2012-03-22 at 15:06 +0000, James Page wrote:
>> kenjo
>> 
>> autofs does not need to do this - its already done by the
>> start-ypbind configuration.
> 
> ok then I said it before upstart is a complete mystery to me.
> 
> so when autofs is started start-ypbind is actually blocking autofs
> ?? and only when start-ypbind is started is autofs actually
> started??
> 
> if you say so but I do not understand the configuration that makes
> this happen.
> 
> if I look into start-ypbind it gets started and then only waits
> for ypbind to start. That is all. why is autofs not started while
> this wait is happening ?

the start-ypbind configuration starts on .. starting autofs .. (among
others) so it exec's wait-for-state ypbind = running and blocks the
startup of autofs until that state is reached

> autofs now have no condition other than runlevel so I do not see
> why it would wait on ypbind.

Hope that helps you understand how this works.

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James Page
Ubuntu Core Developer
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