The automounter mount point must be given as a full path name. Check the spelling and path name of the mount point.
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.
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.
The map entry is malformed, and autofs cannot interpret the entry. 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.
Autofs failed to do a mount. This occurrence can indicate a server or network problem.
Autofs cannot mount itself on mountpoint because it is not a directory. Check the spelling and path name of the mount point.
Autofs cannot send a query packet to a server in a list of replicated file system locations.
Autofs cannot receive replies from any of the servers in a list of replicated file system locations.
All these error messages indicate problems in attempting to ping servers for a replicated file system. This message can indicate a network problem.
Autofs failed to get pathconf information for the path name (see the fpathconf(2) man page).
Autofs is unable to contact the mount daemon on server that provides the information to pathconf().