I have just realised that despite all the error messages, the autofs system works and mounts the NFS filesystem just fine:
$ ps -A | grep auto 9804 ? 00:00:00 automount $ mount | grep nfs lirs10:/a/home/lirs10b/fedorov on /usr/users/fedorov type nfs (rw,addr=10.12.1.78) nevertheless: $ sudo dpkg --configure -a Setting up autofs5 (5.0.6-0ubuntu4) ... start: Job failed to start invoke-rc.d: initscript autofs, action "start" failed. dpkg: error processing autofs5 (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: autofs5 Have I messed up my system somehow? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to autofs5 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/952340 Title: autofs5 fails to install: post-installation script returned error exit status 1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/autofs5/+bug/952340/+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
