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Plesk sends mail notification each night: Please read /usr/share/doc/tmpreaper/README.security.gz first

Ivan Kamnev
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Plesk for Linux kb: technical ABT: Group B

Applicable to:

  • Plesk for Linux

Symptoms

  • Plesk sends mail notification each night with the content below: 

    CONFIG_TEXT: Subject: Cron (root@plesk.example.com) test -x / usr / sbin / anacron || (cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily)
    Body: /etc/cron.daily/tmpreaper:
    Please read /usr/share/doc/tmpreaper/README.security.gz first;
    edit /etc/tmpreaper.conf to remove this message (look for SHOWWARNING).

  • The extension Imunify360 or LMD Manager is installed in Plesk > Extensions > My Extensions.

Cause

The post-install configuration of the tmpreaper package was interrupted.

Resolution

  1. Log into the server via SSH.
  2. Run the command below to disable the notifications:

    # sed -i 's/SHOWWARNING=true/SHOWWARNING=false/' /etc/tmpreaper.conf

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    Aaron K

    When I try:

    sed -i 's/SHOWWARNING=true/SHOWWARNING=false/' /etc/tmpreaper.conf

    I get:

    sed: can't read /etc/tmpreaper.conf: No such file or directory

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