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From: Jarry <mr.jarry@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] fcron: writes logs but it should not...
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 19:18:25
Message-Id: 4E248691.3000600@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] fcron: writes logs but it should not... by Michael Mol
1 On 18-Jul-11 21:07, Michael Mol wrote:
2 >> -----
3 >> 2011-07-18T18:31:02+00:00 game fcron[30032]: pam_unix(fcron:session):
4 >> session opened for user root by (uid=0)
5 >> 2011-07-18T18:31:04+00:00 game fcron[30032]: pam_unix(fcron:session):
6 >> session closed for user root
7 >> 2011-07-18T18:41:02+00:00 game fcron[30787]: pam_unix(fcron:session):
8 >> session opened for user root by (uid=0)
9 >> 2011-07-18T18:41:04+00:00 game fcron[30787]: pam_unix(fcron:session):
10 >> session closed for user root
11 >
12 >> Now my question is: why is fcron sending messages to /dev/log,
13 >> when it should not do it?
14 >
15 > If I'm reading that correctly, it's not really fcron that's logging, but PAM.
16
17 I thought it is because cron is opening session as root.
18 There is nothing else that could fire pam every 10 min.
19
20 I already checked /etc/cron.hourly (daily, weekly, monthly),
21 there is nothing else that could cause it. And the process
22 name calling syslog is "fcron" (3rd field in message)...
23
24 Jarry
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Re: [gentoo-user] fcron: writes logs but it should not... Michael Mol <mikemol@×××××.com>