I maintain a 10.04 LTS based cluster of workstations where each node is subject to some stress and need to be restarted once in a while. Autofs maps of nfs shares are communicated via LDAP. Autofs fails to initialize (or even start in some rare cases) in its default configuration in about 50% of all boots, making the nodes unusable until autofs is restarted. In addition to this bug sometimes bind mounts fail to initialize at boot and need a remount. After trying out several suggested workarounds unsuccessfully I am using the following not too elegant rc.local script, which hammers autofs into submission (works 99% of the time). I also advise my users not to restart their computers unless absolutely necessary.
#!/bin/sh -e # # rc.local # # This script is executed at the end of each multiuser runlevel. # Make sure that the script will "exit 0" on success or any other # value on error. # # In order to enable or disable this script just change the execution # bits. # # By default this script does nothing. sleep 10 service autofs start & sleep 60 service autofs restart & sleep 60 service autofs restart & sleep 60 mount -a exit 0 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to autofs in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/40189 Title: autofs needs to be restarted to pick up some shares To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/autofs/+bug/40189/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
