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From: Simon Gao <gao@schrodinger.com>
Subject: autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.55.el5.3 core dump
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 09:08:39 -0700
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Hi,

We have many RHEL 5.1 desktops running 2.6.18-53.1.14 X86_64. Many of 
them have core dump files related to autofs. The autofs package is
autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.55.el5.3.

# strings core.2594 | head
@UUUU
@xUUU
PxUUU
QqUU
CORE
P*fqUU
dgqUU
CORE
automount
automount -DOSNAME=rhel -DOSREL=5

# strings core.3666 | head
@UUUU
 xUUU
@xUUU
BWUU
CORE
6xUUU
VWUU
XWUU
CORE
automount

What caused autofs to core dump? Is there a fix by upgrading to newer 
version?

Simon