Automount and LDAP issue

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Context: 8.3 (Purple Manul), minimal install

When I start automount using ‘systemctl start autofs’, automount issues the following log message when an automount is attempted:

“bind_ldap_simple: lookup(ldap): Unable to bind to the LDAP server: , error Can’t contact LDAP server”

When I start automount from the command line with the same parameters used in the systemd unit file:

% /usr/sbin/automount --systemd-service --dont-check-daemon

automounting from LDAP lookups works properly.

Anyone else run into this?

It isn’t happening on Centos 8 or Oracle Linux.

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@mleisher is that the only error you see on the screen?

bind_ldap_simple: lookup(ldap): Unable to bind to the LDAP server: , error Can’t contact LDAP server

I subscribe to Red Hat’s Access Portal and found this link about a systemd bug (fix)
[RHBA-2021:1097]:
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2021:1097?sc_cid=701600000006NHXAA2

I don’t know if this has an impact or not, and I do not think it does, but figured I should share just in case.