-hosts map does not work with /net nfs shares on a solaris server

[Alessandro Gervaso]

Binary package hint: autofs5

Description: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Release: 10.04

autofs5:
  Installed: 5.0.4-3.1ubuntu5
  Candidate: 5.0.4-3.1ubuntu5
  Version table:
 *** 5.0.4-3.1ubuntu5 0
        500 http://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

When trying to mount nfs shares using /net and -hosts map i receive a failure message:

root@gbrowse-1:~# ls /net/brunello/
ls: cannot access /net/brunello/: No such file or directory

and this is the expected output:

[root@ribolla ~]# ls -l /net/brunello
total 0
dr-xr-xr-x 6 root root 0 Jun 23 12:08 export

The machine named "ribolla" is a Centos 5.3 where autofs is working as expected.
The expected behaviour can also be seen while browsing a different machine called filer, running hardy:

root@gbrowse-1:~# ls -l /net/filer
total 0
dr-xr-xr-x 4 root root 0 2010-06-23 12:49 home
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 2010-06-23 12:49 opt
dr-xr-xr-x 3 root root 0 2010-06-23 12:49 srv

I suspect that the bug is something related to the parsing of the exports output of the nfs server.

As a workaround using "/net /etc/auto.net" in auto.master works, but has some other issues.
I'll attach the showmount output.

[Alessandro Gervaso (gervystar)]

You'll find the showmount output attached.