If in /etc/autofs/auto.master the maptype is explicid specified the autofs-script take allways the "yp"-type. The line <<<< if [ "$maptype" = "$map" ] ; >>>> is the problem, i think. A second Problem is the test of the specified map-file (if the map-type is not set in auto.master). If it is executable the maptype is set to "program". But my auto.misc unfortunately has set with permission 744. Therfore the automount get the maptype program and didnt work, but no warning was generated. The best wayout is to force an declaration of the maptype in the auto.master. If no declaration is found autofs should generate an error-message and dont start the automount. Best Regards Thomas
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