syslog message "mount request: realpath failed"

[Mark Malko]

We recently upgraded one of our NAS storage devices to a VA7400, attached to an L class server, and using it as a NFS server. I now see the following messages in my syslog:
syslog: mount request: realpath failed on: /home/packages: No such file or directory

I know i do not have a /home/packages, but i cannot figure out which host is generating this request (possibly 100 hosts). I have tried to turn on debugging and more information on the syslog daemon but i do not seem to get any more information.

Can anyone make any suggestions as to how go about debugging this problem?

thanks
mark

[harry d brown jr]

Mark,

You using automount? If so, check the configuration files.

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harry

[Mark Malko]

Automount is NOT on this particular server. However, there are numerous clients that do have it turned on. I do not have access to ALL unix/nt boxes that may request mounts for this machine. This is why i am trying to figure out where the request is coming from, so i can hunt down the appropriate people.

[harry d brown jr]

How about these stabs:

look in /etc/fstab, /etc/exports, and /etc/ftpd/ftpaccess.

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harry

[Mark Malko]

Harry: there is nothing in those files either. The NAS sheltered us from a lot of errors and woes. Now that we are on a REAL server using nfs, issues are popping up. The /home/packages is only 1 entry. There are more weird mount requests that are failing. I honestly suspect auto_mount but i still need to try and pin point as to where these requests are coming from.

thanks
mark