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From: Erich Weiler <weiler@soe.ucsc.edu>
Subject: Re: Autofs hang, centos 4.4
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 09:50:33 -0800
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To: Ian Kent <raven@themaw.net>
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> It would be good to temporarily setup an account the same as root but
> which uses tcsh as its shell and check that as well.

Same thing happens.  Root must have some special power to kill hung 
mounts that regular users don't.  Maybe because the automountd process 
is owned by root?

-erich