initctl: Unknown job: autodir

[Jarod]

Binary package hint: autodir

I got autodir 0.99.9-4 installed under Ubuntu 9.10 x86_64.
Under /etc/default/autodir I changed RUN_AUTOHOME to "yes"

Running "initctl start autodir" results in this error message "initctl: Unknown job: autodir".
Running "/etc/init.d/autodir start" also fails since the function load_autofs() is calling modprobe autofs4 with the option -k, which is not supported.
After removing "-k" from the modprobe call and starting the script "/etc/init.d/autodir start" the output looks like this " * Starting Autodir autodir [ OK ]" but the process is not started. This maybe due to the script "/sbin/start-stop-daemon", which only outputs an error message to standard error and then returns 0. But the script is not the the start-stop-daemon. There is however a file "/sbin/start-stop-daemon.REAL" which I am reluctant to move to "/sbin/start-stop-daemon", because karmic is supposed to using upstart and not SystemV anymore. Or am I wrong?

[skettler (skettler)]

The "modprobe -k" issue still persists in Ubuntu 10.04 LTS.

Not being able to use autodir without patching its initscript currently moves us away from upgrading to 10.04 LTS.

[skettler (skettler)]

The package autodir 0.99.9-4 is not compatible with module-init-tools 3.11.1-2ubuntu1 on lucid.

autodir initscript /etc/init.d/autodir uses the following snippet to load the autofs4 module but the current modprobe does no longer accept the -k (autoclean) parameter:

    # Make sure the autofs filesystem type is available.
    load_autofs() {
            (grep -q autofs /proc/filesystems || /sbin/modprobe -k autofs4 || /sbin/modprobe -k autofs) 2>/dev/null
    }