Re: automount madness

[Nalin Dahyabhai <nalin redhat com>]

On Mon, Dec 31, 2001 at 02:25:25PM -0500, rdt cs queensu ca wrote:
> Since upgrading to RedHat 7.2, my system log has been filling up with messages
> like this:
> 
>  automount[6881]: attempting to mount entry /mnt/floppy*
>  automount[9146]: lookup(file): lookup for floppy* failed
>  automount[6881]: attempting to mount entry /mnt/cdrom*
>  automount[9147]: lookup(file): lookup for cdrom* failed
>  automount[6881]: attempting to mount entry /mnt/jaz*
>  automount[9148]: lookup(file): lookup for jaz* failed
>  automount[6881]: attempting to mount entry /mnt/pocketzip*
>  automount[9149]: lookup(file): lookup for pocketzip* failed
>   :
> 
> for every interactive login and logout. Where are they coming from? My
> /etc/auto.mnt is
> 
> cdrom   -fstype=iso9660,ro,user,umask=333 :/dev/cdrom
> floppy  -fstype=vfat,rw,user,umask=000    :/dev/fd0
> e2floppy -fstype=ext2,rw,user             :/dev/fd0

They're generated when pam_console attempts to modify the permissions
for those devices, which may be listed in /etc/fstab, and which are
therefore listed in /etc/security/console.perms, which is pam_console's
main configuration file.  The messages from the automounter should be
harmless.

HTH,

Nalin