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Hi group,

After upgrading to AIX 4.3.3 ML10, my automounts stopped working.
Upgrading to ML11 doesn't help. I've reduced the automount config
to the absolute minimum:

# cat /etc/auto_master
/home           /etc/auto_home          -nobrowse
# cat /etc/auto_home
sae                             groggy.ecc.lu:/export/home/&
#

But still I get:

$ cd /home/sae
ksh: /home/sae: 0403-036 The specified directory is not valid.

Automounting the directory goes without problems on HP-UX,
Solaris and Linux, and it used to work before I applied ML10.

I'd appreciate your insights. Thanks a lot.

--
Stefaan
--
"One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide
stupidity there ain't nothing can beat teamwork."     -- Mark Twain

Quote:> Hi group,

> After upgrading to AIX 4.3.3 ML10, my automounts stopped working.
> Upgrading to ML11 doesn't help. I've reduced the automount config
> to the absolute minimum:

> # cat /etc/auto_master
> /home           /etc/auto_home          -nobrowse
> # cat /etc/auto_home
> sae                             groggy.ecc.lu:/export/home/&
> #

> But still I get:

> $ cd /home/sae
> ksh: /home/sae: 0403-036 The specified directory is not valid.

> Automounting the directory goes without problems on HP-UX,
> Solaris and Linux, and it used to work before I applied ML10.

> I'd appreciate your insights. Thanks a lot.

> --
> Stefaan

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Automounter is a "problematic" subsystem always. You can try the
following suggestions:
1. Check that there is no directory or a filesystem called /home. If
there, try to remove it, stop automouter and run it again.

2. You can use the compat version of automouner:
export COMPAT_AUTOMOUNT=1
/usr/sbin/automount -D OSV=AIX -f /etc/auto_master. This is a more
reliable version of automounter.

BTW: Can you ping groggy.ecc.lu from the AIX box?

Good luck..

On 23 Feb 2003 00:54:53 -0800

That's an understatement. On Solaris and HP-UX it works
without any problems, and even with Linux I never had such
behaviour. I wonder why ML10 had this effect.

Quote:> You can try the following suggestions:
>  1. Check that there is no directory or a filesystem called /home. If
>  there, try to remove it, stop automouter and run it again.

I tried that, but it doesn't work.

Quote:>  2. You can use the compat version of automouner:
>  export COMPAT_AUTOMOUNT=1
>  /usr/sbin/automount -D OSV=AIX -f /etc/auto_master. This is a more
>  reliable version of automounter.

This _does_ work! Marvellous. You're a star!

Thanks an awful lot. I spent a couple of hours googling for
"AIX automount" but I didn't find the "COMPAT_AUTOMOUNT"
environment variable.

Thanks again.

--
Stefaan
--
"One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide
stupidity there ain't nothing can beat teamwork."     -- Mark Twain