Automount nfs set up problem

[Tom H]

On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 11:46 AM, Peng Yu <pengyu.ut at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I'm following the following webpage.
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SettingUpNFSHowTo#Automounter
>
> I newly installed autofs
>
> $ sudo apt-get install autofs
>
> I created the directory /autofs. The I added the following line to
> /etc/auto.master
>
> /autofs /etc/auto.home
>
>
> The edit the file /etc/auto.home by adding the following line.
>
> $ cat /etc/auto.home
>
> *        xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:/home/&
>
> , where I adapted the line from /etc/fstab.
>
> xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:/home    /home   nfs     rw      0       0
>
> Then I tried the following command to start it up.
>
> $ sudo /etc/init.d/autofs start
> Rather than invoking init scripts through /etc/init.d, use the service(8)
> utility, e.g. service autofs start
>
> Since the script you are attempting to invoke has been converted to an
> Upstart job, you may also use the start(8) utility, e.g. service autofs start
>
>
> #####
> Since it asks me to use 'service', then I try the following command.
> But it doens't seem to be working.
>
> $ service autofs start
> start: Rejected send message, 1 matched rules; type="method_call",
> sender=":1.57" (uid=1100 pid=4064 comm="start)
> interface="com.ubuntu.Upstart0_6.Job" member="Start" error
> name="(unset)" requested_reply=0 destination="com.ubuntu.Upstart"
> (uid=0 pid=1 comm="/sbin/init"))
>
> I'm not sure what the problems are. Would you please let me know how
> to automount nfs or point me a better webpage?

sudo service autofs start
or
sudo start autofs