Thanx a lot, i've updated with cooker rpm "msec-0.21-1mdk.i586.rpm", the problem looks like solved.
Dirk. Am Mit, 2002-04-24 um 17.24 schrieb David Relson: > 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.
