#542 MDKs msec fails if webmin added Users
>> I'm getting hourly mail saying 'msec: unable to parse
>>chage output'. I don't know if its related but it started
>>just after installing vmailmgr and related packages.
>>Any ideas?
>
> This really should have nothing to do with vmailmgr at
>all. I've noticed that this happens if you use webmin in
>some way... do you happen to use webmin at all? It
>changes something in the passwd file IIRC...
>
> At any rate, "chage output" has to do with password
>aging, and can't really be vmailmgr/qmail-related.
OK, thanks. Yes I do use Webmin. I switched from
linuxconf some time ago
because of its nasty habits in this arena.
...adding a new user via Webmin was probably it...
typ.:
x❌11775:0:60:7:30::
via webmin:
x❌11790👎-1👎-1👎8136958
the use of the last field is interesting - "sp_flag; /*
reserved for future
use */"
...but not the problem. The problem is the '-1' min, max,
etc. Problem
solved, thanks again.
Mandrake doesn't seem to have decent search
facilities (e.g. for mail
archives). I had to use google to search Mandrake and
still couldn't find an
answer. All I found was that the same question has
been asked and unanswered
before
http://www.mandrake.com/en/archives/cooker/2002-
02/msg03309.php
Logged In: YES
user_id=129364
Are you using the version of Webmin that comes with Mandrake
linux? The standard version doesn't put -1 in those fields
unless you
enter it explicitly, but Mandrake's modified version may ..