Red Hat - Defect ID: RHEL-33796
automount runs out of file descriptors

Issue

What were you trying to do that didn't work? automount a file system Please provide the package NVR for which bug is seen: autofs-5.1.7-55.el9.x86_64 How reproducible: It has happened three times now on our web server about a two weeks apart. Steps to reproduce Unsure - regularly mount and unmount file systems Expected results No mount failures Actual results Apr 22 17:03:55 automount[1090]: open_pipe:161: failed to open pipe: Too many open files Apr 22 17:04:40 automount[1090]: add_host_addrs: hostname lookup for FQDN failed: System error Apr 22 17:05:43 automount[1090]: open_pipe:161: failed to open pipe: Too many open files Apr 22 17:05:44 automount[1090]: open_pipe:161: failed to open pipe: Too many open files Apr 22 17:07:41 automount[1090]: set_tsd_user_vars: failed to get passwd info from getpwuid_r Apr 22 17:07:41 automount[1090]: open_fopen_r:211: failed to open file: Too many open files Apr 22 17:07:41 automount[1090]: nsswitch_parse:172: couldn't open /etc/nsswitch.conf

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Resolution

Done