Miscellaneous Error Messages

dir mountpoint must start with '/'

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

hierarchical mountpoints: pathname1 and pathname2

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

Autofs attempted to contact server, but received no response.

hostname: exports: rpc_err

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

map mapname, key key: bad

The map entry is malformed, and autofs cannot interpret it. Recheck the entry. Perhaps the entry has characters that need escaping.

mapname: nis_err

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

mount of server:pathname on mountpoint:reason

Autofs failed to do a mount. This can indicate a server or network problem.

mountpoint: Not a directory

Autofs cannot mount itself on mountpoint because it is not a directory. Check the spelling and path name of the mount point.

nfscast: cannot send packet: reason

Autofs cannot send a query packet to a server in a list of replicated file system locations.

nfscast: cannot receive reply: reason

Autofs cannot receive replies from any of the servers in a list of replicated file system locations.

nfscast: select: reason

All these error messages indicate problems in attempting to ping servers for a replicated file system. This message can indicate a network problem.

pathconf: no info for server:pathname

Autofs failed to get pathconf information for the path name (see the fpathconf(2) man page).

pathconf: server: server not responding

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