Ian Kent wrote: 
Matthew Jurgens wrote:
  
I've had this same problem from time to time and since upgrading to
Fedora 10 it has come back:
Fedora 10 - kernel 2.6.27.21-170.2.56.fc10.i686.PAE
autofs-5.0.3-41.i386

The correctly mounted manual entry:
//xp0/C$ on /mnt type cifs (rw,mand)

The autofs entry:
//xp0/C/$ on /smb/xp0/C$ type cifs (rw,mand)

If you need anymore debug info let me know
    

I have no idea what you are trying to say.
The above, //xp0/C/$, doesn't correspond to what autofs-5.0.3-41 passes
to mount(8) and I have no idea what has happened since you haven't
provided any log information
Sorry, here is more information:

Windows machine called xp0.
cd /smb/xp0/C$ yields the following debug:

May 13 14:43:28 gw automount[15573]: handle_packet: type = 3
May 13 14:43:28 gw automount[15573]: handle_packet_missing_indirect: token 57, name xp0, request pid 15215
May 13 14:43:28 gw automount[15573]: attempting to mount entry /smb/xp0
May 13 14:43:28 gw automount[15573]: lookup_mount: lookup(program): looking up xp0
May 13 14:43:28 gw automount[15573]: lookup_mount: lookup(program): xp0 -> -fstype=cifs,username=USERNAME,password=PASSWORD  #011 /C "://xp0/C"  #011 /ADMIN\$ "://xp0/ADMIN\$"  #011 /C\$ "://xp0/C\$"
May 13 14:43:28 gw automount[15573]: parse_mount: parse(sun): expanded entry: -fstype=cifs,username=USERNAME,password=PASSWORD  #011 /C "://xp0/C"  #011 /ADMIN\$ "://xp0/ADMIN\$"  #011 /C\$ "://xp0/C\$"
May 13 14:43:28 gw automount[15573]: parse_mount: parse(sun): gathered options: fstype=cifs,username=USERNAME,password=PASSWORD
May 13 14:43:28 gw automount[15573]: parse_mount: parse(sun): dequote("/C") -> /C
May 13 14:43:28 gw automount[15573]: parse_mapent: parse(sun): gathered options: fstype=cifs,username=USERNAME,password=PASSWORD
May 13 14:43:28 gw automount[15573]: parse_mapent: parse(sun): dequote(""://xp0/C"") -> ://xp0/C
May 13 14:43:28 gw automount[15573]: add_offset_entry: parse(sun): added multi-mount offset /C -> -fstype=cifs,username=USERNAME,password=PASSWORD ://xp0/C
May 13 14:43:28 gw automount[15573]: parse_mount: parse(sun): dequote("/ADMIN\$") -> /ADMIN$
May 13 14:43:28 gw automount[15573]: parse_mapent: parse(sun): gathered options: fstype=cifs,username=USERNAME,password=PASSWORD
May 13 14:43:28 gw automount[15573]: parse_mapent: parse(sun): dequote(""://xp0/ADMIN\$"") -> ://xp0/ADMIN\$
May 13 14:43:28 gw automount[15573]: add_offset_entry: parse(sun): added multi-mount offset /ADMIN$ -> -fstype=cifs,username=USERNAME,password=PASSWORD ://xp0/ADMIN\$
May 13 14:43:28 gw automount[15573]: parse_mount: parse(sun): dequote("/C\$") -> /C$
May 13 14:43:28 gw automount[15573]: parse_mapent: parse(sun): gathered options: fstype=cifs,username=USERNAME,password=PASSWORD
May 13 14:43:28 gw automount[15573]: parse_mapent: parse(sun): dequote(""://xp0/C\$"") -> ://xp0/C\$
May 13 14:43:28 gw automount[15573]: add_offset_entry: parse(sun): added multi-mount offset /C$ -> -fstype=cifs,username=USERNAME,password=PASSWORD ://xp0/C\$
May 13 14:43:28 gw automount[15573]: mount_multi_triggers: mount offset /smb/xp0/ADMIN$ at /smb/xp0
May 13 14:43:28 gw automount[15573]: mount_autofs_offset: calling mount -t autofs -s  -o fd=18,pgrp=15573,minproto=5,maxproto=5,offset automount /smb/xp0/ADMIN$
May 13 14:43:28 gw automount[15573]: mount_autofs_offset: mounted trigger /smb/xp0/ADMIN$ at /smb/xp0/ADMIN$
May 13 14:43:28 gw automount[15573]: mount_multi_triggers: mount offset /smb/xp0/C at /smb/xp0
May 13 14:43:28 gw automount[15573]: mount_autofs_offset: calling mount -t autofs -s  -o fd=18,pgrp=15573,minproto=5,maxproto=5,offset automount /smb/xp0/C
May 13 14:43:28 gw automount[15573]: mount_autofs_offset: mounted trigger /smb/xp0/C at /smb/xp0/C
May 13 14:43:28 gw automount[15573]: mount_multi_triggers: mount offset /smb/xp0/C$ at /smb/xp0
May 13 14:43:28 gw automount[15573]: mount_autofs_offset: calling mount -t autofs -s  -o fd=18,pgrp=15573,minproto=5,maxproto=5,offset automount /smb/xp0/C$
May 13 14:43:28 gw automount[15573]: mount_autofs_offset: mounted trigger /smb/xp0/C$ at /smb/xp0/C$
May 13 14:43:28 gw automount[15573]: send_ready: token = 57
May 13 14:43:28 gw automount[15573]: mounted /smb/xp0
May 13 14:43:28 gw automount[15573]: handle_packet: type = 5
May 13 14:43:28 gw automount[15573]: handle_packet_missing_direct: token 58, name /smb/xp0/C$, request pid 15215
May 13 14:43:28 gw automount[15573]: attempting to mount entry /smb/xp0/C$
May 13 14:43:28 gw automount[15573]: lookup_mount: lookup(program): /smb/xp0/C$ -> -fstype=cifs,username=USERNAME,password=PASSWORD ://xp0/C\$
May 13 14:43:28 gw automount[15573]: parse_mount: parse(sun): expanded entry: -fstype=cifs,username=USERNAME,password=PASSWORD ://xp0/C\$
May 13 14:43:28 gw automount[15573]: parse_mount: parse(sun): gathered options: fstype=cifs,username=USERNAME,password=PASSWORD
May 13 14:43:28 gw automount[15573]: parse_mount: parse(sun): core of entry: options=fstype=cifs,username=USERNAME,password=PASSWORD, loc=://xp0/C\$
May 13 14:43:28 gw automount[15573]: sun_mount: parse(sun): mounting root /tmp/auto6t8L4W, mountpoint /smb/xp0/C$, what //xp0/C\$, fstype cifs, options username=USERNAME,password=PASSWORD
May 13 14:43:28 gw automount[15573]: do_mount: //xp0/C\$ /tmp/auto6t8L4W//smb/xp0/C$ type cifs options username=USERNAME,password=PASSWORD using module generic
May 13 14:43:28 gw automount[15573]: mount_mount: mount(generic): calling mkdir_path /tmp/auto6t8L4W
May 13 14:43:28 gw automount[15573]: mount_mount: mount(generic): calling mount -t cifs -s -o username=USERNAME,password=PASSWORD //xp0/C\$ /tmp/auto6t8L4W
May 13 14:43:28 gw automount[15573]: mount(generic): mounted //xp0/C\$ type cifs on /tmp/auto6t8L4W
May 13 14:43:28 gw automount[15573]: move_mount: moved mount tree from /tmp/auto6t8L4W to /smb/xp0/C$
May 13 14:43:28 gw automount[15573]: send_ready: token = 58
May 13 14:43:28 gw automount[15573]: mounted /smb/xp0/C$

The output of a mount command is:
//xp0/C/$ on /smb/xp0/C$ type cifs (rw,mand)

The incorrect target of //xp0/C/$ does not appear to be reflected in the debug output

The correct output of the mount command should be:
//xp0/C$ on /smb/xp0/C$ type cifs (rw,mand)

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