[Tfug] Need help troubleshooting autofs problems

Rich r-lists at studiosprocket.com
Fri Jul 13 16:20:55 MST 2007


Hi Glen,

On Jul 10, 2007, at 11:59 pm, Glen Pfeiffer wrote:

>> Why autofs? Does the samba share keep disappearing?
> Yes. The share is on one of my desktops instead of a dedicated
> file server. When it was not available, the other desktop would   
> lockup trying to access it.
Ah, are they running the same versions of the kernel, smbfs and autofs?

>>> I am using this same setup successfully on another machine.
>> What does its entry look like in fstab?
>>
> No fstab entry. It is handled by autofs.
I was still thinking "mount", I meant in /etc/auto.*

Any success on those logs? I'm still willing to help, but with other  
things getting in the way (work, life, etc.), it's going to be slow.

cheers,
Rich.





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