Re: Suspected problem w/ autofs and xauth

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Steven Hirsch <snhirsch@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> I've been battling with an extremely annoying issue that I believe is
> related to autofs.  My home directory is mounted over NFS using autofs
> 4.1.4 (as supplied with Kubuntu Hardy).  I've used this setup for
> years over perhaps a dozen different distributions without any
> particular problems.
>
> Since moving to the Hardy distro, the problem is this:  If I leave the
> system idle at the KDE desktop for more than a few minutes, any and
> all attempts at opening new windows fail with an error that they
> cannot obtain X authorization.  If I simply do an 'ls' in my home
> directory and try again, it works fine.  I believe this is being
> caused by the automounter timing out, but I do not find any log
> messages from the automounter under any circumstances, so it's
> difficult to prove.  If I do an strace on the X application, it
> appears to be unable to read ~/.Xauthority (which is there and can be
> read after triggering a remount).
>
> Is it possible that autofs behavior changed in a manner such that a
> stat of ~/.Xauthority is no longer sufficient to trigger the mounter?
>
> Any suggestions (or even WAGs) appreciated.  I'd love to swat this
> annoyance.

In theory, the directory shouldn't be unmounted.  Try typing just
'mount' to see what's mounted when the problem occurs.  What's the
kernel version?

Cheers,

Jeff
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