automount on debian help

[Kenny Donahue]

Derek Martin wrote:

>On Fri, Mar 18, 2005 at 02:06:58PM -0500, Kenny Donahue wrote:
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>>>If you're relying on files, you'll need to copy /etc/auto.* from a
>>>working machine.  It's been a long while since I supported autofs and
>>>NIS, but I think that'll do it.
>>>      
>>>
>>That's what I did I even copied his /etc/nsswitch.conf.
>>No good.
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>Ok, let's backtrack a couple of steps...
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>Can you mount the exported filesystems manually?
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>Is automounter running on your system?
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>What is the output of this command:
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>  ps aux |grep '[a]utomounter'
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Nothing

>What is the output of this command:
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> ypwhich
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hades

Does this help?
Thanks,
Kenny