While starting 'autofs', the message "couldn't locate nis+ table auto.master" gets logged even though NIS+ is not used in the environment, why ?
Issue
- When autofs service is started, the following message is logged even though NIS+ is not used.
automount[3791]: lookup_read_master: lookup(nisplus): couldn't locate nis+ table auto.master
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Not using NIS+
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