3.3. autofs
Updated autofs packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
The autofs utility controls the operation of the automount daemon. The automount daemon automatically mounts file systems when in use and unmounts them when they are not busy.
Bug Fix
- BZ#1049017
- In a previous version, a check for mounted file systems was removed from autofs mount control script if a miscellaneous device was not used. However, a subsequent update introduced a mount export function that requires this check. As a consequence, autofs mounts sometimes became unresponsive when re-reading the mount map. This update fixes the bug and autofs mounts no longer hang in the scenario described.
Users of autofs are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix this bug.
