Boot time messages. May 28 11:52:07 machine1 automount[2273]: read_one_map: map read not needed, so not done May 28 11:52:07 machine1 automount[2273]: mounted indirect on /home with timeout 300, freq 75 seconds May 28 11:52:07 machine1 automount[2273]: st_ready: st_ready(): state = 0 path /home May 28 11:52:07 machine1 automount[2273]: master_do_mount: mounting /user May 28 11:52:07 machine1 automount[2273]: automount_path_to_fifo: fifo name /run/autofs.fifo-user May 28 11:52:07 machine1 automount[2273]: lookup_nss_read_map: reading map ldaps ldaps://dapper/nisMapName=auto.user,dc=example,dc=com May 28 11:52:07 machine1 automount[2273]: parse_server_string: lookup(ldap): Attempting to parse LDAP information from string "ldaps://dapper/nisMapName=auto.user,dc=example,dc=com". May 28 11:52:07 machine1 automount[2273]: parse_server_string: lookup(ldap): server "ldaps://dapper/", base dn "nisMapName=auto.user,dc=example,dc=com" May 28 11:52:07 machine1 automount[2273]: parse_ldap_config: lookup(ldap): ldap authentication configured with the following options: May 28 11:52:07 machine1 automount[2273]: parse_ldap_config: lookup(ldap): use_tls: 0, tls_required: 0, auth_required: 1, sasl_mech: (null) May 28 11:52:07 machine1 automount[2273]: parse_ldap_config: lookup(ldap): user: (null), secret: unspecified, client principal: (null) credential cache: (null) May 28 11:52:07 machine1 automount[2273]: do_init: parse(sun): init gathered global options: (null) May 28 11:52:07 machine1 automount[2273]: read_one_map: map read not needed, so not done May 28 11:52:07 machine1 automount[2273]: mounted indirect on /user with timeout 300, freq 75 seconds May 28 11:52:07 machine1 automount[2273]: st_ready: st_ready(): state = 0 path /user Testing after boot. May 28 12:31:17 machine1 automount[2273]: st_expire: state 1 path /home May 28 12:31:17 machine1 automount[2273]: expire_proc: exp_proc = 140443321976576 path /home May 28 12:31:17 machine1 automount[2273]: expire_cleanup: got thid 140443321976576 path /home stat 0 May 28 12:31:17 machine1 automount[2273]: expire_cleanup: sigchld: exp 140443321976576 finished, switching from 2 to 1 May 28 12:31:17 machine1 automount[2273]: st_ready: st_ready(): state = 2 path /home May 28 12:31:25 machine1 automount[2273]: st_expire: state 1 path /user May 28 12:31:25 machine1 automount[2273]: expire_proc: exp_proc = 140443321976576 path /user May 28 12:31:25 machine1 automount[2273]: expire_cleanup: got thid 140443321976576 path /user stat 0 May 28 12:31:25 machine1 automount[2273]: expire_cleanup: sigchld: exp 140443321976576 finished, switching from 2 to 1 May 28 12:31:25 machine1 automount[2273]: st_ready: st_ready(): state = 2 path /user May 28 12:31:39 machine1 su[6554]: (to someuser) root on pts/0 May 28 12:31:39 machine1 automount[2273]: handle_packet: type = 3 May 28 12:31:39 machine1 automount[2273]: handle_packet_missing_indirect: token 1, name machine1, request pid 6556 May 28 12:31:39 machine1 automount[2273]: attempting to mount entry /home/machine1 May 28 12:31:39 machine1 automount[2273]: lookup_mount: lookup(ldap): looking up machine1 May 28 12:31:39 machine1 automount[2273]: do_bind: lookup(ldap): auth_required: 1, sasl_mech (null) May 28 12:31:39 machine1 automount[2273]: bind_ldap_simple: lookup(ldap): Unable to bind to the LDAP server: , error Can't contact LDAP server May 28 12:31:39 csvm3 automount[2273]: do_bind: lookup(ldap): ldap simple bind returned -1 May 28 12:31:39 csvm3 automount[2273]: lookup(ldap): lookup for machine1 failed: connection failed May 28 12:31:39 csvm3 automount[2273]: key "machine1" not found in map source(s). May 28 12:31:39 csvm3 automount[2273]: dev_ioctl_send_fail: token = 1 May 28 12:31:39 csvm3 automount[2273]: failed to mount /home/machine1 May 28 12:31:39 csvm3 automount[2273]: handle_packet: type = 3 May 28 12:31:39 csvm3 automount[2273]: handle_packet_missing_indirect: token 2, name machine1, request pid 6556 May 28 12:31:39 csvm3 automount[2273]: dev_ioctl_send_fail: token = 2 May 28 12:31:39 csvm3 automount[2273]: handle_packet: type = 3 Then same failure for token = 3 through 18.