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lsattr: Inappropriate ioctl for device While reading flags

For one of our servers, if I do lsattr /home, I get something like this (as root):

Code:

 

$lsattr /home

lsattr: Inappropriate ioctl for device While reading flags on /home/user

lsattr: Inappropriate ioctl for device While reading flags on /home/user

lsattr: Inappropriate ioctl for device While reading flags on /home/DIR

Now, I try to change something with chattr

Code:

$chattr -R -i /home

chattr: Inappropriate ioctl for device while reading flags on /home

Mount returns:

Code:

$mount

/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 on / type ext3 (rw)

proc on /proc type proc (rw)

sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw)

devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)

/dev/sda3 on /boot type ext3 (rw)

tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)

none on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw)

sunrpc on /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs type rpc_pipefs (rw)

nfsd on /proc/fs/nfsd type nfsd (rw)

I have no clue how to fix this. Could somebody help?

what is printed by:

Code:

ls -lZ /home

I have turned off Selinux on this computer. So the issue of Selinux should not arise.
Thanks

Fixed. cat /proc/mounts returned automount in /home/DIR where I had initially set users to login automatically for LDAP logins. I removed the option later on- and restarted autofs. But somehow it still was on /proc/mounts. That's why lsattr was not working.