I have had a similar problem, except directories disappear and then magically reappear a few minutes later. It will also come back after a reboot.
I found this in my syslog, which may be a clue into the problem. Jan 12 19:45:59 zoidberg automount[6350]: >> /sbin/showmount: can't get address for 192.168.1.2/home Jan 12 19:45:59 zoidberg automount[6350]: lookup(program): lookup for 192.168.1.2/home failed Jan 12 19:45:59 zoidberg automount[6350]: failed to mount /net/192.168.1.2/home Jan 12 19:53:29 zoidberg automount[6551]: >> /sbin/showmount: can't get address for 192.168.1.2/home Jan 12 19:53:29 zoidberg automount[6551]: lookup(program): lookup for 192.168.1.2/home failed Jan 12 19:53:29 zoidberg automount[6551]: failed to mount /net/192.168.1.2/home Jan 12 19:53:29 zoidberg automount[6543]: >> mount.nfs: mounting 192.168.1.2:/home failed, reason given by server: Jan 12 19:53:29 zoidberg automount[6543]: >> No such file or directory Jan 12 19:53:29 zoidberg automount[6543]: mount(nfs): nfs: mount failure 192.168.1.2:/home on /net/192.168.1.2/home Jan 12 19:53:29 zoidberg automount[6560]: >> /sbin/showmount: can't get address for 192.168.1.2/home/russell Jan 12 19:53:29 zoidberg automount[6560]: lookup(program): lookup for 192.168.1.2/home/russell failed Jan 12 19:53:29 zoidberg automount[6560]: failed to mount /net/192.168.1.2/home/russell Jan 12 19:53:29 zoidberg automount[6563]: >> /sbin/showmount: can't get address for 192.168.1.2/home/pub Jan 12 19:53:29 zoidberg automount[6563]: lookup(program): lookup for 192.168.1.2/home/pub failed Jan 12 19:53:29 zoidberg automount[6563]: failed to mount /net/192.168.1.2/home/pub My server is running 7.10, the client is running 8.04 Development Branch. I have several other 7.10 machines, but the problem appears most frequently on the 8.04 machine. -- Autofs gives spurious "No such file or directory" with lots of NFS mounts, breaking a typical use pattern https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/65499 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs