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do you have these shares specified in fstab?<br />
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What's the content of your /etc/auto.master file?<br />
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Why do you need to use autofs for NFS shares if you could just mount them from fstab directly?
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do you have these shares specified in fstab?

What's the content of your /etc/auto.master file?

Why do you need to use autofs for NFS shares if you could just mount them from fstab directly?

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wow, this is an old question that I have solved myself. Please refund my points.
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wow, this is an old question that I have solved myself. Please refund my points.

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I am trying to setup a redhat 4 server (looks like no updates) that is a nis client. This server is connected over a vpn link and can bind to our nis server. When I do a service autofs reload I get the error &quot;automount not running&quot;. If I do a service autofs status, I get this:<br />
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Configured Mount Points:<br />
------------------------<br />
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Active Mount Points:<br />
--------------------<br />
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If I do a service autofs restart, this is returned:<br />
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Stopping automount: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;[ &nbsp;OK &nbsp;]<br />
Starting automount:No Mountpoints Defined<br />
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Everything seems to be configured the same as all of our other working servers. Why can't this server get the nis maps so autofs stops bitching. This server has no redhat entitlements, so doing an up2date to isn't an option. I did install yum and apt, but I am having issues finding a working repository.<br />
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I am trying to setup a redhat 4 server (looks like no updates) that is a nis client. This server is connected over a vpn link and can bind to our nis server. When I do a service autofs reload I get the error "automount not running". If I do a service autofs status, I get this:

Configured Mount Points:
------------------------

Active Mount Points:
--------------------


If I do a service autofs restart, this is returned:

Stopping automount:                                        [  OK  ]
Starting automount:No Mountpoints Defined


Everything seems to be configured the same as all of our other working servers. Why can't this server get the nis maps so autofs stops bitching. This server has no redhat entitlements, so doing an up2date to isn't an option. I did install yum and apt, but I am having issues finding a working repository.



automounter error using nis

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