autofs missing directory
Bug #1094271 reported by
Raul Dias
This bug affects 4 people
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| autofs (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
|
Medium
|
Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
/etc/auto.master refers to /etc/auto.master.d which does not exist.
This folder should be created by the autofs package
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: autofs 5.0.6-2ubuntu2
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Dec 28 12:04:21 2012
InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release i386 (20121017)
SourcePackage: autofs
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
Revision history for this message
| Raul Dias (rsd) wrote | #1 |
Revision history for this message
| Jose Luis Tirado (txelu70) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in autofs (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| importance: | Undecided → Medium |
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It's funny I was playing today with autofs and had the same doubt about that folder and trying to clarify it I found your bug file.
I kept reading the documentation for a while and If I could understand it the auto.master.d directory is supposed to hold map files for autofs. This way, instead of editing auto.master file to include your mappings you can create an independent file inside auto.master.d. Then, when performing a system upgrade you won't risk to loose your manually included mappings, as auto.master remains unmodified.
For instance, I manually create the auto.master.d directory and a file inside named smb.autofs, with one single line:
/media/smb /etc/auto.smb --timeout=