Bug 56165

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Description of problem:
when the system boots up, one of our five autofs processes shuts down.
the message in /var/log/messages is "shutting down, path = /auto/usr/local".

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Sometimes

Steps to Reproduce:
1. our /et/auto.master:
/auto/people            /etc/auto.people        rsize=8192,wsize=8192
/auto/millfilm          /etc/auto.millfilm      rsize=8192,wsize=8192
/auto/nreal             /etc/auto.nreal         rsize=8192,wsize=8192
/auto/usr/local         /etc/auto.local         rsize=8192,wsize=8192
/auto/hosts             /etc/auto.hosts         rsize=8192,wsize=8192

2. /etc/auto.local:
lsf.logs        -rw,soft,intr   lsflogs:/usr/local/&
oracle          -rw,soft,intr   nobby:/usr/local/&

3. reboot!
	

Actual Results:  9 times out of ten, there is no process for
/auto/usr/local.  there is no entry for it in /etc/mtab.

Expected Results:  there should be an automount process running for
/auto/usr/local

Additional info:

this snippet from /var/log/messages when we are booting up:
Nov 13 12:43:51 alpha automount[664]: starting automounter version 3.1.7,
path = /auto/people, maptype = file, mapname = /etc/auto.people
Nov 13 12:43:51 alpha automount[677]: starting automounter version 3.1.7,
path = /auto/millfilm, maptype = file, mapname = /etc/auto.millfilm
Nov 13 12:43:51 alpha automount[698]: starting automounter version 3.1.7,
path = /auto/nreal, maptype = file, mapname = /etc/auto.nreal
Nov 13 12:43:51 alpha automount[719]: starting automounter version 3.1.7,
path = /auto/usr/local, maptype = file, mapname = /etc/auto.local
Nov 13 12:43:51 alpha automount[748]: starting automounter version 3.1.7,
path = /auto/hosts, maptype = file, mapname = /etc/auto.hosts

this snippet comes a few minutes later:
Nov 13 12:47:38 alpha automount[677]: attempting to mount entry
/auto/millfilm/plate
Nov 13 12:47:38 alpha automount[677]: attempting to mount entry
/auto/millfilm/pinback
Nov 13 12:48:27 alpha ntpd[587]: time reset 0.333314 s
Nov 13 12:48:27 alpha ntpd[587]: kernel pll status change 41
Nov 13 12:48:27 alpha ntpd[587]: synchronisation lost 
Nov 13 12:50:01 alpha automount[677]: attempting to mount entry
/auto/millfilm/mutha
Nov 13 12:50:50 alpha automount[719]: shutting down, path = /auto/usr/local

additional comments:
this mount always succeeds for RH versions < 7.1
appears to be more severe for 7.1sbe than 7.1
the workaround is easy; just run autofs reload when the mount falls over. 
but it is not something one wants to babysit when there are a couple of
hundred systems of various platforms to administer.