[CentOS] When are Logwatch errors really errors

Fri Jan 7 16:57:20 UTC 2011
Robert Heller <heller at deepsoft.com>

At Fri, 7 Jan 2011 08:25:41 -0800 CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> wrote:

> 
> Hi All,
> 
> I don't know enough about when errors are *really* errors. So I google a lot to read and learn.
> 
> I have a few things in my Logwatch that I want to make sure I understand
> 
> 1. smartd
> **Unmatched Entries**
> Problem creating device name scan list 
> Device /dev/sda: using '-d sat' for ATA disk behind SAT layer. 
> Device /dev/sdb: using '-d sat' for ATA disk behind SAT layer. 
> Device: /dev/sdc, NO MEDIUM present; skip device 
> Device: /dev/sdd, NO MEDIUM present; skip device 
> Device: /dev/sde, NO MEDIUM present; skip device 
> Device: /dev/sdf, NO MEDIUM present; skip device 
> 
> I googled and since I know the devices I have I can comment out
> #DEVICESCAN -H -m root
> 
> and replace with:
> 
> /dev/sda -a -d sat -m root -M exec /usr/share/smartmontools/smartd-runner
> /dev/sdb -a -d sat -m root -M exec /usr/share/smartmontools/smartd-runner

This will bite you if/when you install another disk drive.  

You are better off with the 'DEVICESCAN -H -m root' option in place.

> 
> 2. kernel
> 
> WARNING:  Kernel Errors Present
>    amd64_edac: probe of 0000:00:18.2 failed with error -22 ...:  1 Time(s)
> 
> I googled this and I only had 5 hits that I could not make sense of. Can anyone shed some light?
> 
> 3. automount
> **Unmatched Entries**
> lookup_read_master: lookup(nisplus): couldn't locate nis+ table auto.master: 1 Time(s)
> 
> I googled and this seems to be a RHEL bug?
> 
> Can anyone confirm and explain?
> 
> -Jason
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