missing entry for autofs in /usr/share/base-files/nsswitch.conf and /etc/nsswitch.conf
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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base-files (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: base-files
I installed autofs5 and couldn't get my automounts to work until I added an entry for autofs in /etc/nsswitch.conf as shown below:
skluth@lapkluth2:~$ cat /etc/nsswitch.conf
# /etc/nsswitch.conf
#
# Example configuration of GNU Name Service Switch functionality.
# If you have the `glibc-
# `info libc "Name Service Switch"' for information about this file.
passwd: compat
group: compat
shadow: compat
hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns mdns4
networks: files
protocols: db files
services: db files
ethers: db files
rpc: db files
netgroup: nis
automount: files
I use a local autofs configuration so "files" is ok for me. In general I guess there should be "files nis" or similar. Just autofs (version 4) worked fine without this additional line to nsswitch.conf.
skluth@lapkluth2:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 9.10
Release: 9.10
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Nov 25 09:56:46 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
NonfreeKernelMo
Package: base-files 5.0.0ubuntu7
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSign
SourcePackage: base-files
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-
This appears to be a problem on 10.04 as well. Is anybody looking at this bug?