On Mon, Mar 05, 2001 at 09:11:47AM -0800, Expert User wrote:
> Ever since I have installed LM 7.2 I'm getting this mail to root
> with subject: Cron <root@localhost> run-parts /etc/cron.daily
> (sent by cron Daemon)
>
> ---------------------- Contents of mail -----------------------------
> DB2 problem...: missing or empty key value specified
> Reading active file failed, exiting (see syslog for more information).
> Has fetchnews been run?
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> What is the problem.
>
> I'm running LM 7.2+ in High security setting.
I had the same thing. Since I am not running any database servers or
whatever, removing the offending file from /etc/cron.daily/ fixed things.
This may or may not be an acceptable solution, (it might be a major security
hole for all I know) but it definately stops that annoying mail from showing
up everyday.
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