From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 9 03:09:23 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A63EB16A4CE for ; Tue, 9 Mar 2004 03:09:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from ei.bzerk.org (ei.xs4all.nl [213.84.67.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5890D43D1F for ; Tue, 9 Mar 2004 03:09:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mail25@bzerk.org) Received: from ei.bzerk.org (BOFH@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ei.bzerk.org (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i29BBfPS035899; Tue, 9 Mar 2004 12:11:42 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from mail25@bzerk.org) Received: (from bulk@localhost) by ei.bzerk.org (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id i29BBfpw035898; Tue, 9 Mar 2004 12:11:41 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from mail25@bzerk.org) X-Authentication-Warning: ei.bzerk.org: bulk set sender to mail25@bzerk.org using -f Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2004 12:11:41 +0100 From: Ruben de Groot To: Gerard Seibert Message-ID: <20040309111141.GA35841@ei.bzerk.org> Mail-Followup-To: Ruben de Groot , Gerard Seibert , freebsd-questions References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: Message from CRON X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2004 11:09:23 -0000 On Mon, Mar 08, 2004 at 06:25:39PM -0500, Gerard Seibert typed: > >From time to time, I receive a notification that I have mail in > /var/mail/ges. > > Upon checking, this is what I find: > > > > >From ges@BudMan.cable.rcn.com Mon Mar 8 18:11:01 2004 > Return-Path: > Received: from BudMan.cable.rcn.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) > by BudMan.cable.rcn.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i28NB0Ja029641 > for ; Mon, 8 Mar 2004 18:11:00 -0500 (EST) > (envelope-from ges@BudMan.cable.rcn.com) > Received: (from ges@localhost) > by BudMan.cable.rcn.com (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id i28NB0Qo029628; > Mon, 8 Mar 2004 18:11:00 -0500 (EST) > (envelope-from ges) > Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2004 18:11:00 -0500 (EST) > Message-Id: <200403082311.i28NB0Qo029628@BudMan.cable.rcn.com> > From: ges@BudMan.cable.rcn.com (Cron Daemon) > To: ges@BudMan.cable.rcn.com > Subject: Cron operator /usr/libexec/save-entropy > X-Cron-Env: > X-Cron-Env: > X-Cron-Env: > X-Cron-Env: > X-Cron-Env: > > operator: not found > > >From ges@BudMan.cable.rcn.com Mon Mar 8 18:15:01 2004 > Return-Path: > Received: from BudMan.cable.rcn.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) > by BudMan.cable.rcn.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i28NF0Ja029878 > for ; Mon, 8 Mar 2004 18:15:00 -0500 (EST) > (envelope-from ges@BudMan.cable.rcn.com) > Received: (from ges@localhost) > by BudMan.cable.rcn.com (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id i28NF0pd029876; > Mon, 8 Mar 2004 18:15:00 -0500 (EST) > (envelope-from ges) > Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2004 18:15:00 -0500 (EST) > Message-Id: <200403082315.i28NF0pd029876@BudMan.cable.rcn.com> > From: ges@BudMan.cable.rcn.com (Cron Daemon) > To: ges@BudMan.cable.rcn.com > Subject: Cron root /usr/libexec/atrun > X-Cron-Env: > X-Cron-Env: > X-Cron-Env: > X-Cron-Env: > X-Cron-Env: > > root: not found > > You will notice that these times are very close together. Actually, I have > received messages with the times varying by only a few seconds. Why am I > receiving these messages, and what are they trying to tell me? It looks like you somehow managed to install the system crontab (/etc/crontab) as a users' crontab (/var/cron/tabs/ges). Check the output of "crontab -u ges -l". In a user crontab there's no column "run as user x", so the usernames operator and root are mistaken for commands. Ruben > Thanks! > > Gerard Seibert > gerard-seibert@rcn.com > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"