On my CentOS5 boxes the automounter fails after the last update to autofs.x86_64 1:5.0.1-0.rc2.177.el5 No update is seen on CentOS6 and things still work there. The home directory of users is setup using an auto.home map which is distributed using NIS: * fsutrecht02:/export/home/& /nobackup -noacl nasutrecht01:/nobackup/& /snapshot -ro fazant:/home_backup/ This maps a users home directory and and two subfolders ~/nobackup and ~/snapshot Now I see this in my logs: automount[6510]: parse_mount: parse(sun): can't find multi root thba I found that this still works: * fsutrecht02:/export/home/& The nested folders do no longer work. If the wildcard is removed, works: thba fsutrecht02:/export/home/& /nobackup -noacl nasutrecht01:/nobackup/& /snapshot -ro fazant:/home_backup/ Any idea how wildcards can be made to work (again) with nested mounts? Is it a bug? Thanks, Theo