autofs will not start on boot in 10.04 LTS

[monon]

Kubuntu 10.04 LTS

I have configured autofs to NFS mount a network share. All works well as long as I manually start autofs. Autofs will not start at boot time automatically. It makes no difference if the map is direct or indirect. Other than writing a startup script, does any one know how to correct this problem.

Thanks so much.

/etc/auto.master:

#
# Sample auto.master file
# This is an automounter map and it has the following format
# key [ -mount-options-separated-by-comma ] location
# For details of the format look at autofs(5).
#
#/misc /etc/auto.misc
#
# NOTE: mounts done from a hosts map will be mounted with the
# "nosuid" and "nodev" options unless the "suid" and "dev"
# options are explicitly given.
#
#/net -hosts
#
# Include central master map if it can be found using
# nsswitch sources.
#
# Note that if there are entries for /net or /misc (as
# above) in the included master map any keys that are the
# same will not be seen as the first read key seen takes
# precedence.
#
+auto.master
#/- /etc/auto.nfs
/y /etc/auto.nfs




/etc/auto.nfs:

#/y trekker-desktop:/x
server trekker-desktop:/x
#server -fstype=nfs4 trekker-desktop:/x

[oshunluvr]

Re: autofs will not start on boot in 10.04 LTS

I believe this is a known bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/na...s5/+bug/733914

Workaround - add the autofs start command to rc.local or write a startup script for /etc/init.d

EDIT: Sorry just noticed 10.04 - Have you backported a newer kernel?