1) Sometimes autofs starts before ypbind, with the result that autofs doesn't load nis maps. 2) since autofs doesn not require ypbind, the depend() { need ypbind } assertion is not correct. Therefore change /etc/init.d/autofs from depend() { need ypbind need net } to depend() { after ypbind need net }
Please assign to somebody that uses NFS and co, thanks.
this has been taken care of in r5 of our autofs package :) THX for submitting a fix and some info though..only way things will get noticed.