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For the last few days I have had a cron problem. It started when I was |
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trying to to find a way to modify the crontab by a script. Don't know |
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what I did but ever since, every cron script (root's only) emails me a |
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notice like the following: |
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>From root@×××××××××.localdomain Fri Apr 17 23:50:01 2006 |
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X-Original-To: root |
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From: root@×××××××××.localdomain (Cron Daemon) |
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To: root@×××××××××.localdomain |
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Subject: Cron <root@hilary> root test -x /usr/sbin/run-crons && |
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/usr/sbin/run-crons |
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X-Cron-Env: <SHELL=/bin/bash> |
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X-Cron-Env: <PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin> |
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X-Cron-Env: <MAILTO=root> |
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X-Cron-Env: <HOME=/> |
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X-Cron-Env: <LOGNAME=root> |
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X-Cron-Env: <USER=root> |
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Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 23:50:01 -0500 (CDT) |
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/bin/bash: root: command not found |
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Interestingly, all the scripts run fine. It's just that I get emails |
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every ten minutes (the frequency of the "test -x /usr...") and it's |
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driving me crazy. |
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Can't figure that last line. Is something trying to run the command "root"? |
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I am using vixie-cron and this is root's crontab: |
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# Global variables |
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SHELL=/bin/bash |
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PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin |
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MAILTO=root |
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HOME=/ |
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# check scripts in cron.hourly, cron.daily, cron.weekly and cron.monthly |
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0 * * * * root rm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.hourly |
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# |
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1 3 * * * root rm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.daily |
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# |
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15 4 * * 6 root rm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.weekly |
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# |
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30 5 1 * * root rm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.monthly |
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# |
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0,10,20,30,40,50 * * * * root test -x /usr/sbin/run-crons && |
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/usr/sbin/run-crons |
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# Hourly backups |
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0 1,7,13,19 * * * root rsnapshot hourly |
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# Daily backups |
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0 2 * * * root rsnapshot daily |
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# Weekly backups |
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0 3 * * 7 root rsnapshot weekly |
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# This file was written by KCron. Copyright (c) 1999, Gary Meyer |
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# Although KCron supports most crontab formats, use care when editing. |
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# Note: Lines beginning with "#\" indicates a disabled task |
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PLease help. My own system is spamming me! |
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Tony |
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Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary |
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Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. |
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-- Benjamin Franklin |
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