The automount daemon can be signaled to reload using the HUP signal, but the reload function in /etc/init.d/autofs sends a USR2 signal to kill the daemon and then tries to restart it. Most times this results in daemons not coming back just because I am trying to keep my clients apprised of changes in maps with wildcards in them (another bug and another story). Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. /etc/init.d/autofs reload Actual Results: az10admin02 /etc/init.d # ps -ef | grep automount |wc -l 8 az10admin02 /etc/init.d # /etc/init.d/autofs reload Reloading automounter: checking for changes ... Stopping automounter: --timeout 60 --pid-file /var/run/autofs.apps.internal.pid /apps/internal yp auto.appsinternal -rw,intr,nobrowse -DOSNAME=RedHat -DOSREL=3 Stopping automounter: --timeout 60 --pid-file /var/run/autofs.apps.public.pid /apps/public yp auto.appspublic -rw,intr,nobrowse -DOSNAME=RedHat -DOSREL=3 Stopping automounter: --timeout 60 --pid-file /var/run/autofs.apps.vendor.pid /apps/vendor yp auto.appsvendor -rw,intr,nobrowse -DOSNAME=RedHat -DOSREL=3 Stopping automounter: eout 60 --pid-file /var/run/autofs.home.pid /home yp auto.home -rw,nosuid,nobrowse,intr -DOSNAME=RedHat -DOSREL=3 Stopping automounter: --timeout 60 --pid-file /var/run/autofs.project.pid /project yp auto.project -rw,nobrowse,intr -DOSNAME=RedHat -DOSREL=3 Stopping automounter: --timeout 60 --pid-file /var/run/autofs.usr.prod.pid /usr/prod yp auto.prod rpid,rw,nobrowse,intr -DOSNAME=RedHat -DOSREL=3 Stopping automounter: --timeout 60 --pid-file /var/run/autofs.usr.test.pid /usr/test yp auto.test rpid,rw,nobrowse,intr -DOSNAME=RedHat -DOSREL=3 * WARNING: "autofs" has already been started. az10admin02 /etc/init.d # ps -ef | grep automount |wc -l 2 az10admin02 /etc/init.d # Expected Results: az10admin02 /etc/init.d # ps -ef | grep automount |wc -l 8 az10admin02 /etc/init.d # /etc/init.d/autofs.mk reload Reloading automounter: checking for changes ... Reloading automounter: --timeout 60 --pid-file /var/run/autofs.apps.internal.pid /apps/internal yp auto.appsinternal -rw,intr,nobrowse -DOSNAME=RedHat -DOSREL=3 Reloading automounter: --timeout 60 --pid-file /var/run/autofs.apps.public.pid /apps/public yp auto.appspublic -rw,intr,nobrowse -DOSNAME=RedHat -DOSREL=3 Reloading automounter: --timeout 60 --pid-file /var/run/autofs.apps.vendor.pid /apps/vendor yp auto.appsvendor -rw,intr,nobrowse -DOSNAME=RedHat -DOSREL=3 Reloading automounter: eout 60 --pid-file /var/run/autofs.home.pid /home yp auto.home -rw,nosuid,nobrowse,intr -DOSNAME=RedHat -DOSREL=3 Reloading automounter: --timeout 60 --pid-file /var/run/autofs.project.pid /project yp auto.project -rw,nobrowse,intr -DOSNAME=RedHat -DOSREL=3 Reloading automounter: --timeout 60 --pid-file /var/run/autofs.usr.prod.pid /usr/prod yp auto.prod rpid,rw,nobrowse,intr -DOSNAME=RedHat -DOSREL=3 Reloading automounter: --timeout 60 --pid-file /var/run/autofs.usr.test.pid /usr/test yp auto.test rpid,rw,nobrowse,intr -DOSNAME=RedHat -DOSREL=3 az10admin02 /etc/init.d # ps -ef | grep automount |wc -l 8 az10admin02 /etc/init.d # I am running NIS. Portage 2.0.51.19 (default-linux/x86/2005.0, gcc-3.3.5-20050130, glibc-2.3.4.20041102-r1, 2.6.11-gentoo-r11 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.11-gentoo-r11 i686 Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 2.80GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.6.12 Python: dev-lang/python-2.3.5 [2.3.5 (#1, Jun 13 2005, 14:29:18)] dev-lang/python: 2.3.5 sys-apps/sandbox: [Not Present] sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r6 sys-devel/automake: 1.5, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.5, 1.7.9-r1, 1.6.3, 1.4_p6 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r10 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.16 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.8.1-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -march=pentium4 -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -march=pentium4 -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" LANG="C" MAKEOPTS="-j4" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 alsa apache2 apm arts avi berkdb bitmap-fonts bzlib crypt cups curl emboss encode f77 fam foomaticdb fortran gd gdbm gif gimpprint gpm gtk2 imap imlib java jpeg ldap libg++ libpng libwww mad mikmod motif mp3 mpeg mysql ncurses nis nls oggvorbis opengl oss pam pcre pdflib perl php png ppds python quicktime readline spell ssl tcpd tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts usb xml2 xmms xv zlib userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc" Unset: ASFLAGS, CBUILD, CTARGET, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
Created attachment 62704 [details, diff] autofs init script patch to HUP on reload. autofs init script that sends a HUP insteasd of USR2 upon reload.
Thanks for the patch, Mark. It should be applied to the tree. I was always annoyed about the broken reload function, leaving me with killed daemons and a service i had to "zap".
New maintainer, net-fs/autofs-5.0.3-r1 is now in the tree.
Very old bug :) Do we still fix this in autofs-4, or do we move on to autofs-5? (The new init script for autofs-5 does kill -HUP instead of -USR2)
yes, very old bug. It is sad that this was left for so long. If autofs5 is stable, I suppose we can just leave this in the dust.
(In reply to comment #5) > yes, very old bug. It is sad that this was left for so long. If autofs5 is > stable, I suppose we can just leave this in the dust. > That's why we could use the extra manpower to fix this kind of silly problems. You're more than welcome to join the Gentoo developers, it's one of the best ways to help the project move forwards! Marking as fixed.
