If I remember correctly, this is caused by adding a user using webmin. Take a look at /etc/passwd for a user with an odd value for the "when next to change password" field. Change it to match the others. Sorry if I'm not precise with the details, but I don't remember them all. This topic _has_ appeared in the Mandrake Cooker - look for "MSEC problem" in the subject. Note: if you want to rebuild from source, there _is_ a patch for libmsec.py.
At 11:10 AM 4/24/02, you wrote: >Hi there, > >i get every hour (cron.hourly run of msec) one mail from one of my >mandrake 8.2 machines. > >Subject: Cron <root@www4> nice -n 19 run-parts /etc/cron.hourly > >Mailbody: msec: unable to parse chage output > >In /etc/cron.hourly there is a link [msec] to /usr/sbin/msec. > >If tried to run msec at console, the same error. > >I don't know why msec is broken today. The weeks after 8.2 release msec >runs fine. > >Anybody who can help? > >Thanx a lot. > >Dirk.
