Kwan Lowe wrote, On 12/02/2009 07:07 AM: > On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 12:30 PM, Eric B. <ebenze at hotmail.com> wrote: > >> My problem, however, is that once my ldap server is back up, autofs never >> seems to retry to connect to it, so all my /home mounts fail. Basically, it >> means I have to make sure that my LDAP server is never down while another >> server is rebooting. >> >> I figure there must be something in the configuration file that would allow >> me to tweak this to indicate to autofs to recheck the ldap server >> periodically to see if it has come back up, but can't seem to find anything. > > Once the server is back up, does restarting the autofs daemon fix the > behaviour? > > Also, try setting the logging to debug.. Might give you a better idea > of why it's not reconnecting. Perhaps the following links from an autofs list thread will point to something for Eric: subject: "[autofs] ldap and reloading" http://linux.kernel.org/pipermail/autofs/2009-June/005775.html http://linux.kernel.org/pipermail/autofs/2009-June/005779.html BTW the 'how to' debug Autofs is at: http://people.redhat.com/jmoyer/ -- Todd Denniston Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC Crane) Harnessing the Power of Technology for the Warfighter