[Freeipa-users] [freeipa-users] Configuring Automount on Ubuntu Clients

[Rob Crittenden]

Jon wrote:
> Hello,
>
> How do I configure automount for Ubuntu 14.04 clients?  My procedure on
> CentOS has been: install free-ipa client, run ipa-client-install (auto
> configures with dns discovery), run ipa-client-automount.  However, when
> I run this on the ubuntu client, I receive the following errors:
>
>  >> root at ubuntu-1404-x8664:~# ipa-client-automount -U
>  >> Searching for IPA server...
>  >> IPA server: DNS discovery
>  >> Location: default
>  >> Configured /etc/nsswitch.conf
>  >> Configured /etc/default/nfs-common
>  >> Configured /etc/idmapd.conf
>  >> rpcidmapd failed to restart: Command '/usr/sbin/service rpcidmapd
> restart ' returned non-zero exit status 1
>  >> rpcgssd failed to restart: Command '/usr/sbin/service rpcgssd
> restart ' returned non-zero exit status 1
>
> As these are not the names of these services on Ubuntu, this will never
> work.
>
>  >> root at ubuntu-1404-x8664:~# service idmapd restart
>  >> idmapd stop/waiting
>  >> idmapd start/running, process 428
>  >> root at ubuntu-1404-x8664:~# service gssd restart
>  >> stop: Unknown instance:
>  >> gssd start/running, process 567
>
> Unfortunately, this appears to be hardcoded values in the install script:
>
>  >>     290     if statestore.has_state('rpcidmapd'):
>  >>     291         enabled = statestore.restore_state('rpcidmapd',
> 'enabled')
>  >>     292         running = statestore.restore_state('rpcidmapd',
> 'running')
>  >>     293         rpcidmapd = ipaservices.knownservices.rpcidmapd
>  >>     294         if not enabled:
>  >>     295             rpcidmapd.disable()
>  >>     296         if not running:
>  >>     297             rpcidmapd.stop()
>  >>     298     if statestore.has_state('rpcgssd'):
>  >>     299         enabled = statestore.restore_state('rpcgssd', 'enabled')
>  >>     300         running = statestore.restore_state('rpcgssd', 'running')
>  >>     301         rpcgssd = ipaservices.knownservices.rpcgssd
>
> Is Ubuntu not supported with FreeIPA?  Is there an updated install
> script?  I installed the freeipa-client from public repos.

One guy volunteers his time porting IPA to Ubuntu. He has invested a 
fair bit of time in generalizing other hardcoded elements in IPA. It's 
possible he hasn't gotten to ipa-client-automount yet or it hasn't been 
pushed out in a build yet.

rob