Miscellaneous Error Messages

dir mountpoint must start with '/'

Solution:

The automounter mount point must be given as a full path name. Check the spelling and path name of the mount point.

hierarchical mountpoint: pathname1 and pathname2

Solution:

Autofs does not allow its mount points to have a hierarchical relationship. An autofs mount point must not be contained within another automounted file system.

host server not responding

Description:

Autofs attempted to contact server, but received no response.

Solution:

Check the NFS server status.

hostname: exports: rpc-err

Description:

An error occurred while getting the export list from hostname. This message indicates a server or network problem.

Solution:

Check the NFS server status.

map mapname, key key: bad

Description:

The map entry is malformed, and autofs cannot interpret the entry.

Solution:

Recheck the entry. Perhaps the entry has characters that need to be escaped.

mapname: nis-err

Description:

An error occurred when looking up an entry in a NIS map. This message can indicate NIS problems.

Solution:

Check the NIS server status.

mount of server:pathname on mountpoint:reason

Description:

Autofs failed to do a mount. This occurrence can indicate a server or network problem. The reason string defines the problem.

Solution:

Contact Sun for assistance. This error message is extremely rare and has no straightforward solution.

mountpoint: Not a directory

Description:

Autofs cannot mount itself on mountpoint because it is not a directory.

Solution:

Check the spelling and path name of the mount point.

nfscast: cannot send packet: reason

Description:

Autofs cannot send a query packet to a server in a list of replicated file system locations. The reason string defines the problem.

Solution:

Contact Sun for assistance. This error message is extremely rare and has no straightforward solution.

nfscast: cannot receive reply: reason

Description:

Autofs cannot receive replies from any of the servers in a list of replicated file system locations. The reason string defines the problem.

Solution:

Contact Sun for assistance. This error message is extremely rare and has no straightforward solution.

nfscast: select: reason

Description:

All these error messages indicate problems in attempting to check servers for a replicated file system. This message can indicate a network problem. The reason string defines the problem.

Solution:

Contact Sun for assistance. This error message is extremely rare and has no straightforward solution.

pathconf: no info for server:pathname

Description:

Autofs failed to get pathconf information for the path name.

Solution:

See the fpathconf(2) man page.

pathconf: server: server not responding

Description:

Autofs is unable to contact the mount daemon on server that provides the information to pathconf().

Solution:

Avoid using the POSIX mount option with this server.