autofs problems

[Ian Kent]

On Sun, 28 May 2006, Erwin Rol wrote:

> Since a few days i have problems with autofs. In my log file i find the
> following entries;
> 
> when i try "ls /net/192.168.2.1/home"
> 
> May 27 23:40:10 xpc automount[29328]: lookup_mount: >> /usr/sbin/showmount: can't get address for /net/192.168.2.1/home
> May 27 23:40:10 xpc automount[29328]: lookup_mount: lookup(program): lookup for /net/192.168.2.1/home failed
> 
> and when i try "ls /net/gate/home"
> 
> May 27 23:44:45 xpc automount[29521]: lookup_mount: >> /usr/sbin/showmount: can't get address for /net/gate/home
> May 27 23:44:45 xpc automount[29521]: lookup_mount: lookup(program): lookup for /net/gate/home failed
> 
> showmount outputs the following;
> 
> # showmount gate -e
> Export list for gate:
> /data *
> /home *
> 
> Any ideas ?

You've really need to specify the version of your install, kernel and 
autofs.

Ian