Arch Linux

The rc.d script also completely ignores /etc/conf.d/autofs (which is installed by the autofs package).

sorry, my fault I uploaded a wrong rc.d/autofs

please try if there're problems with testing/autofs-5.0.4-2

The line

PID=`cat /var/run/autofs-running &> /dev/null`

in the 5.0.4-2 version is complete bogus - PID is always empty as the value is always piped to null. It should look something along the lines of

[ -f /var/run/autofs-running ] && PID=`cat /var/run/autofs-running`

sorry, I'm not at home to fix this

try to fix the typo:
PID=`cat /var/run/autofs-running 2> /dev/null`

rc.d script works better now. But it still ignores /etc/autofs/auto.master.

Hmm. I jumped into testing today and autofs does not work any more.

In daemon.log:
Feb 2 21:54:41 hp510 automount[6737]: failed to mount /media/autofs/remote
Feb 2 21:54:41 hp510 automount[6737]: cannot find mount method for filesystem fuse
Feb 2 21:54:41 hp510 automount[6738]: failed to mount /media/autofs/sda4
Feb 2 21:54:41 hp510 automount[6738]: cannot find mount method for filesystem auto

My relevant autofs file:
sda4 -fstype=auto,defaults,noatime,iocharset=utf8,uid=1000 :/dev/sda4
remote -fstype=fuse,rw,nodev,nonempty,noatime,allow_other,max_read=65536 :sshfs\#someuser@somehost.org\:

Has the syntax changed? I do not think so. Can you reproduce it? If not, what could have gone wrong?

Please disregard the previous comment, it was just a generic SNAFU situation. Essentially, it would appear that the rc.d script does not start automount for me. If I start it manually things just work.

I upgraded to this package dispite problems. I fixed the pid and now the init script stop function is working properly.
I also added the path to my master file in /etc/conf.d/autofs because of this bug report http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/12935

It works fine, and while I was at it I also added --debug to see under the hood - I mount dvd's, usb storage and many NFS shares with autofs and everything works ok with this upgrade.

I fixed PID and  FS#12935 
Should I consider this bug fixed in autofs-5.0.4-3?

I don't see 5.0.4-3 in the repository (x86_64) yet

I built it only for i686, you should wait some hours...or you could try to build it yourself

Hm, from where? ABS still contains version 5.0.4-2...

http://repos.archlinux.org/viewvc.cgi/autofs/repos/extra-i686/

Did not work at first, because of unrecognized option in conf.d (--ghost, from previous version).
It could print some error messages, or at least say 'FAIL' instead of 'DONE' while starting.
conf.d file contains localoptions variable that doesn't do anything.
The rc script is still wrong. Why do you start automount in the background?
It doesn't make any sense, plus you don't get correct error code if something (like run options)
is wrong!
Have you tested it at all?

Sorry for that :(

well...I should put a .install to say to remove --ghost option, so I can fix the daemon
what else?

I have included corrected and working version of the package.
Fixed rc.d file, remvoed localoptions from conf.d file.
Also auto.master defaults were wrong and used non existing /etc/auto.media file - fixed that.
And removed auto.net - it didn't make sense, autofs doesn't include showmount. If it is external package,
I don't see one (maybe it's part os some other package)? If it is supposed to be provided by some other package, it should be in autofs' optdepends.

Yes, .install file with that piece of information would be great! (But still, automount should not be started in the background)

thanks for your work.
I can't test it now. I made your changes in -4

Does auto.net work with autofs5? If it does, I don't understand why it was removed. In any case it could have been commented on auto.master, and (like you said) use an optdepend with 'nfs-utils' (provides showmount). Please include it again if possible, I don't want to list all my mount points by hand if it isn't necessary.

Afaik auto.net is deprecated.
There is now an easier syntax, see man auto.master for '-hosts' or http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=71219

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