From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 15 09:11:18 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2289B1065670 for ; Mon, 15 Jun 2009 09:11:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from D.Forsyth@ru.ac.za) Received: from f.mail.ru.ac.za (f.mail.ru.ac.za [IPv6:2001:4200:1010::25:6]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B2D568FC1C for ; Mon, 15 Jun 2009 09:11:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from D.Forsyth@ru.ac.za) Received: from iwr.ru.ac.za ([146.231.64.249]:52529) by f.mail.ru.ac.za with esmtp (Exim 4.69 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1MG8Di-000Pkv-A7 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:11:14 +0200 Received: from iwdf-5.iwr.ru.ac.za ([146.231.64.28]) by iwr.ru.ac.za with esmtp (Exim 4.69 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1MG8Di-0007Nq-6u for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:11:14 +0200 From: "DA Forsyth" Organization: IWR To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:11:14 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <4A362C52.13411.FE09F46@d.forsyth.ru.ac.za> Priority: normal X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (4.41) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-description: Mail message body X-Virus-Scanned: f.mail.ru.ac.za (146.231.129.38) Subject: cron mail problem solved X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: d.forsyth@ru.ac.za List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 09:11:18 -0000 Why do I become so clever AFTER asking for help? Anyhow, I have solved the cron not sending email problem. The cron log file contains lines like this NSSWITCH(nss_method_lookup): nis, group_compat, setgrent, not found which when searched for produces the page at http://www.ivorde.ro/FreeBSD_Cron__NSSWITCH_nss_method_lookup_errors- 44.html So I have edited my /etc/nsswitch.conf to have group: files password: files (instead of 'compat') and now it works again. I guess I must have installed that file in the upgrade during my glazed mergemaster phase of 'esc i enter' to install all those files whose only difference is the $Id$ tag (why do they bother?) -- DA Fo rsyth Network Supervisor Principal Technical Officer -- Institute for Water Research http://www.ru.ac.za/institutes/iwr/