<ANTant@zimage.com> wrote in message
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> Hello.
>
> How come I keep getting these e-mail with cron errors daily? I have been
> getting them for over a month and daily
> (Sundays -- I get two e-mails):

Look for a file that has a symlink, or a file that has the contents ".so
man3x/" in /usr/share/man and /usr/X11R6/man.

What do you get when you type "man Xau", or do a "locate /Xau | grep man"?

> From root@localhost.localdomain Sat Jun 17 06:26:17 2006
> Return-path: root@localhost.localdomain
> Envelope-to: root@localhost.localdomain
> Delivery-date: Sat, 17 Jun 2006 06:26:17 -0700
> Received: from root by localhost.localdomain with local (Exim 4.62)
>        (envelope-from <root@localhost.localdomain> )
>        id 1FraoZ-0000IV-Vb
>        for root@localhost.localdomain; Sat, 17 Jun 2006 06:26:17 -0700
> From: Cron Daemon <root@localhost.localdomain>
> To: root@localhost.localdomain
> Subject: Cron <root@FooBar> test -x /usr/sbin/anacron ||
> run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily
> X-Cron-Env: <SHELL=/bin/sh>
> X-Cron-Env:
> <PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin>
> X-Cron-Env: <HOME=/root>
> X-Cron-Env: <LOGNAME=root>
> Message-Id: <E1FraoZ-0000IV-Vb@localhost.localdomain>
> Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2006 06:26:17 -0700
>
> /etc/cron.daily/man-db:
> mandb: can't open /usr/share/man/man3x/Xau.3x: No such file or directory
> mandb: warning: /usr/share/man/man3/XauGetBestAuthByAddr.3x.gz: bad
> symlink or ROFF `.so' request
> mandb: can't open /usr/share/man/man3x/Xau.3x: No such file or directory
> mandb: warning: /usr/share/man/man3/XauFileName.3x.gz: bad symlink or ROFF
> `.so' request
> mandb: can't open /usr/share/man/man3x/Xau.3x: No such file or directory
> mandb: warning: /usr/share/man/man3/XauGetAuthByAddr.3x.gz: bad symlink or
> ROFF `.so' request
> mandb: can't open /usr/share/man/man3x/Xau.3x: No such file or directory
> mandb: warning: /usr/share/man/man3/XauDisposeAuth.3x.gz: bad symlink or
> ROFF `.so' request
> mandb: can't open /usr/share/man/man3x/Xau.3x: No such file or directory
> mandb: warning: /usr/share/man/man3/XauLockAuth.3x.gz: bad symlink or ROFF
> `.so' request
> mandb: can't open /usr/share/man/man3x/Xau.3x: No such file or directory
> mandb: warning: /usr/share/man/man3/XauReadAuth.3x.gz: bad symlink or ROFF
> `.so' request
> mandb: can't open /usr/share/man/man3x/Xau.3x: No such file or directory
> mandb: warning: /usr/share/man/man3/XauWriteAuth.3x.gz: bad symlink or
> ROFF `.so' request
> mandb: can't open /usr/share/man/man3x/Xau.3x: No such file or directory
> mandb: warning: /usr/share/man/man3/XauUnlockAuth.3x.gz: bad symlink or
> ROFF `.so' request
>
> I don't have a /usr/share/man/man3x/ directory. I viewed the man-db:
>
> $ cat /etc/cron.daily/man-db
> #!/bin/sh
> #
> # man-db cron daily
>
> set -e
>
> if ! [ -d /var/cache/man ]; then
>    # Recover from deletion, per FHS.
>    mkdir -p /var/cache/man
>    chown man:root /var/cache/man
>    chmod 2755 /var/cache/man
> fi
>
> # expunge old catman pages which have not been read in a week
> if [ -d /var/cache/man ]; then
>  cd /
>  if ! dpkg-statoverride --list /var/cache/man >/dev/null 2>&1; then
>    chown -R man /var/cache/man || true         # just in case
>  fi
>  start-stop-daemon --start --pidfile /dev/null --startas /bin/sh \
>        --oknodo --chuid man -- -c \
>        "find /var/cache/man -type f -name '*.gz' -atime +6 -print0 | \
>         xargs -r0 rm -f"
> fi
>
> # regenerate man database
> if [ -x /usr/bin/mandb ]; then
>    # --pidfile /dev/null so it always starts; mandb isn't really a daemon,
>    # but we want to start it like one.
>    start-stop-daemon --start --pidfile /dev/null \
>                      --startas /usr/bin/mandb --oknodo --chuid man \
>                      -- --no-purge --quiet
> fi
>
> exit 0
>
>
> How do I fix this? I am using Debian (Linux FooBar 2.6.14-2-k7 #1 Wed Dec
> 28 19:14:46 UTC 2005 i686 GNU/Linux) Thank you in advance. 
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