No reference to configuration file in autofs manual

[Alexis Scheuer]

The autofs script can be configured by a file (/etc/default/autofs in my distribution), but the autofs manual does not contain any reference to this file. In my distribution, the reference can be found in the auto.master manual, but it is not the case anymore in the manual given by autofs.org. I did not looked to this manual at first, as I am quite sure my auto.master file is correct, I just needed to configure the autofs script... Which took me a long time, due to this feature...

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: autofs5 5.0.6-0ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-31.50-generic-pae 3.2.28
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-31-generic-pae i686
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu13
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Sep 19 17:47:03 2012
InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 12.04 "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: autofs5
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Serge Hallyn (serge-hallyn)]

Thanks for submitting this bug.

Looking at the precise auto.master manual page (http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/precise/en/man5/auto.master.5.html), it still lists /etc/default/autofs. If you look at the manual page source, it uses

   @@autofsconfdir@@/autofs

where autofsconfdir is expanded to /etc/default.

[Serge Hallyn (serge-hallyn)]

(I'm marking this bug invalid as I believe the reference you want is there. If I misunderstood then please do reply and we will re-open.

[Alexis Scheuer (alexis-scheuer)]

Le 26/09/2012 16:40, Serge Hallyn a écrit :
> (I'm marking this bug invalid as I believe the reference you want is
> there. If I misunderstood then please do reply and we will re-open.
>
> ** Changed in: autofs5 (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided => Wishlist

  Well, OK; the reference is in the manual page of auto.master (I found
it, later), but I think it should mainly/also be in the manual page of
autofs... This would certainly help those looking to get some logs, for
example.