On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 8:22 AM, Boris Epstein <borepstein at gmail.com> wrote: > Hello there, > > I successfully use automount to mount a large XFS pargtition on one > CentOS 5.5 machine. I then tried to do the same thing on a different > machine - and it simply would not work! The configuration is done in > the same fashion, I checked and double-checked the syntax - but it is > still a no go. When I use the mount command the partition mounts > perfectly. > > I have tried running > > automount --debug > > and > > automount --verbose > > and thus far have not seen any messages that would shed any light on > what's going on. > > So I am a bit lost at the moment. Any advice on how to proceed would > be much appreciated. > > Boris. Posting your automount tables might help. So would double checking that you both machines are up-to-date on patches: autofs has undergone significant improvement in the last year or two.