Re: sshfs, autofs, and systemd
On Sun, 23 Nov 2025, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 23, 2025 at 05:39:15PM +0000, fxkl47BF@protonmail.com wrote:
>> i've used sshfs with autofs for many years with little or no problems
>> today i added a new server that refuses to work
>>
>> automount[1907]: add_host_addrs: hostname lookup for :sshfs#user@foo-bar failed: Name or service not known
>>
>> the entry in auto.sshfs is exactly the same as 7 others
>> only the host name has a - in it
>>
>> i can use sshfs on the command line with this server just fine
>
> Wait: in the command line that works? Perhaps then name
> resolution isn't working yet at the moment systemd tries
> to do the automount?
i have no problem accessing this server
the host command returns a correct name
also dig and nslookup
i tried changing the host name entry to ip address
still same error
i believe the problem is the - in the key part
i tried escaping it and quoting it
still not working
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