Re: automount madness

[rdt cs queensu ca]

 >> > 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.

I don't want hundreds of lines of spurious messages filling up my system log.
I've changed my automount directory to /misc as a workaround, but this should
really be fixed. /mnt is *not* listed in fstab, and I can't imagine why you
think it is appropriate to speculatively cover every conceivable mount point.

Bob T.