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From: Korthrun <korthrun@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Vixie-Cron Issues
Date: Tue, 07 Dec 2004 02:53:32
Message-Id: 7d20977a041206183267b2e44d@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Vixie-Cron Issues by Bastian Balthazar Bux
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4 I tried that, with both spaces and a tab. I get the same results. I am
5 almost sure I can just remove the 'root' part
6 and it would work fine. I would really like to figure it out this time
7 around though, I've seen it on other machines.
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23 On Tue, 07 Dec 2004 00:58:06 +0100, Bastian Balthazar Bux
24 <bastianbalthazarbux@×××××××××.it> wrote:
25 > Korthrun wrote:
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32 > >Heyyas,
33 > >
34 > > I have been getting these errors with the latest vixie-cron, and
35 > >have noticed similar things in the past with
36 > >other cron daemons, and other systems. This is the first time I've
37 > >seen it with vixie cron.
38 > >
39 > > I have been getting mails with subject/content like this:
40 > >
41 > >Subject: Cron <root@penis> est -x /usr/sbin/run-crons && /usr/sbin/run-crons
42 > >/bin/bash: line 1: est: command not found
43 > >
44 > >Subject: Cron <root@penis> m -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.hourly
45 > >/bin/bash: line 1: m: command not found
46 > >
47 > > The cronjobs causeing this, I assume are:
48 > >*/10 * * * * root test -x /usr/sbin/run-crons && /usr/sbin/run-crons
49 > >0 * * * * root rm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.hourly
50 > >Respectivly.
51 > >
52 > > So it looks like cron is accepting 'root' as the username to run
53 > >the command as, is doing SOMETHING with the
54 > >first letter of each command, and running the rest as something
55 > >seperate. Does vixie-cron not accept that
56 > >username-before-command syntax? I noticed that I couldn't find
57 > >anything mentioning it in `man crontab` or `man 5
58 > >crontab`. If so, I am assuming this crontab was installed with the
59 > >stage3 tarball and not vixiecron?
60 > >
61 > > Anyinsight would be appreciated.
62 > >
63 > >Thanks much,
64 > >Korf
65 > >
66 > >
67 > I'm laughing reading previous answer ...
68 > try to delete the charachters "t t" read it from the last root
69 > letter to the first test letter and digit it again, whats happen
70 > (shot in the dark)
71 >
72 > regards francesco
73 >
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