Was able to reproduce the issue by installing autofs on a newly installed system: # apt-get install autofs Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading state information... Done The following additional packages will be installed: keyutils libnfsidmap1 nfs-common Suggested packages: watchdog The following NEW packages will be installed: autofs keyutils libnfsidmap1 nfs-common 0 upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 620 kB of archives. After this operation, 2299 kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y [...] Selecting previously unselected package libnfsidmap1:amd64. (Reading database ... 91286 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../libnfsidmap1_1%3a2.6.1-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libnfsidmap1:amd64 (1:2.6.1-1ubuntu1) ... Selecting previously unselected package keyutils. Preparing to unpack .../keyutils_1.6.1-2ubuntu3_amd64.deb ... Unpacking keyutils (1.6.1-2ubuntu3) ... Selecting previously unselected package nfs-common. Preparing to unpack .../nfs-common_1%3a2.6.1-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking nfs-common (1:2.6.1-1ubuntu1) ... Selecting previously unselected package autofs. Preparing to unpack .../autofs_5.1.8-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking autofs (5.1.8-1ubuntu1) ... Setting up libnfsidmap1:amd64 (1:2.6.1-1ubuntu1) ... Setting up keyutils (1.6.1-2ubuntu3) ... Setting up autofs (5.1.8-1ubuntu1) ... Creating config file /etc/auto.master with new version Creating config file /etc/auto.net with new version Creating config file /etc/auto.misc with new version Creating config file /etc/auto.smb with new version Creating config file /etc/autofs.conf with new version Creating config file /etc/default/autofs with new version update-rc.d: warning: start and stop actions are no longer supported; falling back to defaults Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/autofs.service → /lib/systemd/system/autofs.service. Setting up nfs-common (1:2.6.1-1ubuntu1) ... Creating config file /etc/idmapd.conf with new version Creating config file /etc/nfs.conf with new version Adding system user `statd' (UID 116) ... Adding new user `statd' (UID 116) with group `nogroup' ... Not creating home directory `/var/lib/nfs'. Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/nfs-client.target → /lib/systemd/system/nfs-client.target. Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/remote-fs.target.wants/nfs-client.target → /lib/systemd/system/nfs-client.target. auth-rpcgss-module.service is a disabled or a static unit, not starting it. nfs-idmapd.service is a disabled or a static unit, not starting it. nfs-utils.service is a disabled or a static unit, not starting it. proc-fs-nfsd.mount is a disabled or a static unit, not starting it. rpc-gssd.service is a disabled or a static unit, not starting it. rpc-statd-notify.service is a disabled or a static unit, not starting it. rpc-statd.service is a disabled or a static unit, not starting it. rpc-svcgssd.service is a disabled or a static unit, not starting it. rpc_pipefs.target is a disabled or a static unit, not starting it. var-lib-nfs-rpc_pipefs.mount is a disabled or a static unit, not starting it. Processing triggers for man-db (2.10.2-1) ... Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.35-0ubuntu3) ... Scanning processes... Scanning linux images... Running kernel seems to be up-to-date. No services need to be restarted. No containers need to be restarted. No user sessions are running outdated binaries. No VM guests are running outdated hypervisor (qemu) binaries on this host. # systemctl status run-rpc_pipefs.mount ○ run-rpc_pipefs.mount - RPC Pipe File System Loaded: loaded (/run/systemd/generator/run-rpc_pipefs.mount; generated) Active: inactive (dead) Where: /run/rpc_pipefs What: sunrpc