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Re: Unknown messages in LogWatch output

 
Eric Leung_2
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Unknown messages in LogWatch output

Dear Experts,

There are thousand of lines - "Use of uninitialized value in hash element at /etc/log.d/scripts/services/automount line 34" in the LogWatch output of my Linux server. What is the meaning of these lines? Should and can I do something to eliminate them?

I am using Red Hat Linux ES 3. Automount service is started to handle several hundreds mount points from 100+ servers which are at distributed locations.

Thanks.

Please see the output below:

################### LogWatch 4.3.2 (02/18/03) ####################
Processing Initiated: Tue Oct 4 04:02:05 2005
Date Range Processed: yesterday
Detail Level of Output: 0
Logfiles for Host: ux21itb
################################################################

--------------------- Automount Begin ------------------------

Use of uninitialized value in hash element at /etc/log.d/scripts/services/automount line 34, line 2.
Use of uninitialized value in hash element at /etc/log.d/scripts/services/automount line 34, line 2.
Use of uninitialized value in hash element at /etc/log.d/scripts/services/automount line 34, line 5.
Use of uninitialized value in hash element at /etc/log.d/scripts/services/automount line 34, line 8.
Use of uninitialized value in hash element at /etc/log.d/scripts/services/automount line 28, line 11.
Use of uninitialized value in hash element at /etc/log.d/scripts/services/automount line 28, line 14.
Use of uninitialized value in hash element at /etc/log.d/scripts/services/automount line 28, line 17.
Use of uninitialized value in hash element at /etc/log.d/scripts/services/automount line 28, line 20.
Use of uninitialized value in hash element at /etc/log.d/scripts/services/automount line 28, line 23.
Use of uninitialized value in hash element at /etc/log.d/scripts/services/automount line 28, line 26
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njia_1
Trusted Contributor

Re: Unknown messages in LogWatch output

Hi

Looks like it is automount related. Stop automount service for few hours if possible to see if those messages go away. If it does, then check your automount configuration.

thanks
Ivan Ferreira
Honored Contributor

Re: Unknown messages in LogWatch output

It seems that there is a problem with the script used to check the automount service.

If you don't use automount, you can disable the verification of that service configuring the "Service =" option in logwatch.conf.
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