diff -NurpP --minimal linux-2.6.36-vs2.3.0.36.35/fs/namei.c linux-2.6.36-vs2.3.0.36.36/fs/namei.c
--- linux-2.6.36-vs2.3.0.36.35/fs/namei.c	2010-10-21 17:45:49.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.36-vs2.3.0.36.36/fs/namei.c	2010-10-21 22:09:46.000000000 +0200
@@ -193,6 +193,9 @@ static int __dx_permission(const struct 
 		if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) ||
 		    vx_check((xid_t)inode->i_tag, VS_IDENT | VS_WATCH_P))
 			return 0;
+
+		/* just pretend we didn't find anything */
+		return -ENOENT;
 	}
 	else if (inode->i_sb->s_magic == PROC_SUPER_MAGIC) {
 		struct proc_dir_entry *de = PDE(inode);
@@ -238,7 +241,11 @@ int dx_permission(const struct inode *in
 {
 	int ret = __dx_permission(inode, mask);
 	if (unlikely(ret)) {
-		vxwprintk_task(1, "denied %x access to %s:%p[#%d,%lu]",
+#ifndef	CONFIG_VSERVER_WARN_DEVPTS
+		if (inode->i_sb->s_magic != DEVPTS_SUPER_MAGIC)
+#endif
+		    vxwprintk_task(1,
+			"denied [0x%x] access to inode %s:%p[#%d,%lu]",
 			mask, inode->i_sb->s_id, inode, inode->i_tag,
 			inode->i_ino);
 	}
@@ -848,10 +855,14 @@ done:
 	return 0;
 
 hidden:
-	vxwprintk_task(1,
+#ifndef	CONFIG_VSERVER_WARN_DEVPTS
+	if (inode->i_sb->s_magic != DEVPTS_SUPER_MAGIC)
+#endif
+	    vxwprintk_task(1,
 		"did lookup hidden %s:%p[#%d,%lu] " VS_Q("%s/%.*s") ".",
 		inode->i_sb->s_id, inode, inode->i_tag, inode->i_ino,
 		vxd_path(&nd->path), name->len, name->name);
+
 	dput(dentry);
 	return -ENOENT;
 
diff -NurpP --minimal linux-2.6.36-vs2.3.0.36.35/kernel/vserver/Kconfig linux-2.6.36-vs2.3.0.36.36/kernel/vserver/Kconfig
--- linux-2.6.36-vs2.3.0.36.35/kernel/vserver/Kconfig	2010-10-21 19:04:20.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.36-vs2.3.0.36.36/kernel/vserver/Kconfig	2010-10-21 21:49:28.000000000 +0200
@@ -177,6 +177,15 @@ config	VSERVER_WARN
 	  resource shortage. It is generally considered to
 	  be a good idea to have that enabled.
 
+config	VSERVER_WARN_DEVPTS
+	bool	"VServer DevPTS Warnings"
+	depends on VSERVER_WARN
+	default y
+	help
+	  This enables DevPTS related warnings, issued when a
+	  process inside a context tries to lookup or access 
+	  a dynamic pts from the host or a different context.
+
 config	VSERVER_DEBUG
 	bool	"VServer Debugging Code"
 	default n