Managing Network File Systems in Oracle® Solaris 11.2

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Updated: July 2014
 
 

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 My Oracle Support 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 My Oracle Support 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 My Oracle Support for assistance. This error message is extremely rare and has no straightforward solution.

nfscast: select: reason

Description:  This error message indicates problem 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 My Oracle Support 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:  For information about configurable path names, 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.