I was wondering if anyone can tell me what is wrong with thisLinux box.
We are running SuSE Linux 7.0 Kernel 2.2.19-SMP
running autofs version: autofs4-4.0.0pre10-9
Using NIS (domain appsdev)
 
Here is my entry in /etc/auto.master
/net    /etc/auto.net
/home   /etc/auto.home
+auto.master
 
and my entry in /etc/auto.home
applrt  localhost:/d1/applrt
+auto.home
 
/etc/auto.net is a built in script of the install -- did not touched it.
 
This is the log when I start the autofs.  At first when the system startup, the autofs would not work on any of the maps, but after stopping it and restarting it manually, all the maps work except for /home.  Any help will be greatly apprecitaed.
 
log from /var/log/messages
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Aug 25 21:02:21 mercury automount[13345]: starting automounter version 4.0.0, path = /net, maptype = program, mapname = /etc/auto.net
Aug 25 21:02:21 mercury automount[13347]: starting automounter version 4.0.0, path = /home, maptype = file, mapname = /etc/auto.home
Aug 25 21:02:22 mercury automount[13345]: using kernel protocol version 3
Aug 25 21:02:22 mercury automount[13345]: using timeout 300 seconds; freq 75 secs
Aug 25 21:02:22 mercury automount[13347]: using kernel protocol version 3
Aug 25 21:02:22 mercury automount[13347]: using timeout 300 seconds; freq 75 secs
Aug 25 21:02:22 mercury automount[13460]: starting automounter version 4.0.0, path = /nfs/private, maptype = yp, mapname = auto.private
Aug 25 21:02:22 mercury automount[13462]: starting automounter version 4.0.0, path = /nfs/roview, maptype = yp, mapname = auto.roview
Aug 25 21:02:22 mercury automount[13465]: starting automounter version 4.0.0, path = /nfs/group, maptype = yp, mapname = auto.group
Aug 25 21:02:22 mercury automount[13468]: starting automounter version 4.0.0, path = /nfs/floor, maptype = yp, mapname = auto.floor
Aug 25 21:02:22 mercury automount[13471]: starting automounter version 4.0.0, path = /netvobs, maptype = yp, mapname = auto.vobs
Aug 25 21:02:22 mercury automount[13475]: starting automounter version 4.0.0, path = /home, maptype = yp, mapname = auto.home
Aug 25 21:02:22 mercury automount[13473]: starting automounter version 4.0.0, path = /netview, maptype = yp, mapname = auto.view
Aug 25 21:02:22 mercury automount[13465]: using kernel protocol version 3
Aug 25 21:02:22 mercury automount[13465]: using timeout 300 seconds; freq 75 secs
Aug 25 21:02:22 mercury automount[13462]: using kernel protocol version 3
Aug 25 21:02:22 mercury automount[13462]: using timeout 300 seconds; freq 75 secs
Aug 25 21:02:22 mercury automount[13460]: using kernel protocol version 3
Aug 25 21:02:22 mercury automount[13460]: using timeout 300 seconds; freq 75 secs
Aug 25 21:02:22 mercury automount[13471]: using kernel protocol version 3
Aug 25 21:02:22 mercury automount[13471]: using timeout 300 seconds; freq 75 secs
Aug 25 21:02:22 mercury automount[13475]: cannot find autofs in kernel
Aug 25 21:02:22 mercury automount[13475]: /home: mount failed!
Aug 25 21:02:22 mercury automount[13473]: using kernel protocol version 3
Aug 25 21:02:22 mercury automount[13473]: using timeout 300 seconds; freq 75 secs
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Steven