Autofs takes a long time to restart in RHEL 4

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

When running the command "service autofs restart", it takes inordinate amount of time until the service is started:

# date; service autofs restart; date
Fri Apr 13 17:12:45 GMT 2012
Stopping automount:                                        [  OK  ]
Starting automount: No Mountpoints Defined                 [  OK  ]
Fri Apr 13 17:37:57 GMT 2012

Environment

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4
Autofs

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