From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 3 12:57:01 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 652021065670 for ; Thu, 3 Sep 2009 12:57:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gesbbb@yahoo.com) Received: from smtp109.prem.mail.ac4.yahoo.com (smtp109.prem.mail.ac4.yahoo.com [76.13.13.92]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id F25708FC1B for ; Thu, 3 Sep 2009 12:57:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 41701 invoked from network); 3 Sep 2009 12:57:00 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Received:X-Yahoo-SMTP:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:Received:Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References:Reply-To:Organization:X-Mailer:Face:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=zzzHxpTVdU0YsdS1g4+nYsiv8HIDYKRk3TLuyca2g9K5NBhHIxd4X4N6mD14JDCncAE8BLdnHqPpHrO6NStHnzcLxZ7h+tbwLyROav6hlw04zEb0iafHMbi3Jq8HUA3uNJcERGNoFiw+vuLllolUzUP+UdU2/DgUNkNqDPMNQdY= ; Received: from c-67-189-183-172.hsd1.ny.comcast.net (gesbbb@67.189.183.172 with login) by smtp109.prem.mail.ac4.yahoo.com with SMTP; 03 Sep 2009 05:57:00 -0700 PDT X-Yahoo-SMTP: yeAAMgKswBATCul4lSbCWspvTA-- X-YMail-OSG: iSrwUD8VM1k79Wlg.gGzDs_v8LalCV5TYMUgPNnPBrtfluv.naGaZ2uMKdNVm71.M6DLKsKtOHIVVT.Fih5cDIS3QnTrKptO4DxQkjA4pc7ZcIAZtUhuo0bEBFqFWqYal9JIXCO3rQQRPMy9aOIrfIjevb35MCktbk.kbUMqo.efXOCSm.kI7ZoWtgGcPwec4rU.kOK6xDw1huq5cetgJLX_8vO16MsmkMM5ma_kkh7Fd0P3ezW5SCxjb0NJfR39WafaHPQffQmuS5CvnkHPvRlNmu9XCfwizj7i9eDK6Y7rqqO.oOIpJa8nKu6o9ofWKM6ypHJkyg-- X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 Received: from scorpio.seibercom.net (scorpio.seibercom.net [192.168.1.103]) (Authenticated sender: gesbbb@scorpio.seibercom.net) by scorpio.seibercom.net (Postfix) with ESMTPA id CD853228A5 for ; Thu, 3 Sep 2009 08:56:59 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 08:56:59 -0400 From: Jerry To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20090903085659.419bebfb@scorpio.seibercom.net> In-Reply-To: <20090903122532.GA1604@teddy.fas.com> References: <20090903114857.GA635@teddy.fas.com> <20090903122532.GA1604@teddy.fas.com> Organization: seibercom.net X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.2 (GTK+ 2.16.6; i386-portbld-freebsd7.2) Face: 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 X-Face: "\j?x](l|]4p?-1Bf@!wN<&p=$.}^k-HgL}cJKbQZ3r#Ar]\%U(#6}'?<3s7%(%(gxJxxcR Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: What invokes cricket on FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:57:01 -0000 On Thu, 3 Sep 2009 08:25:32 -0400 stan wrote: > On Thu, Sep 03, 2009 at 07:48:57AM -0400, stan wrote: > > I have inherited a system that uses Cricket on FreeBSD to do some > > data collection. I have set this up myself in the distnat past, but > > this time I asked a contractor to set it up. I no longer have > > access to this contractor, and the toher day, we shut down the > > system this was running on, and when we rebooted the system, > > cricket id not resume collecting data. > > > > I don't see anyhting in /usr/local/etc/rc.d to start it up, nor do > > I see anything in /etc/crontag. I don't seen any processes owned by > > cricket running. > > > > In FreeBSD, how is this process noramally invoked? > > Sorry to reply to my own message, but I have more data. I did find > > -rw------- 1 root wheel 288 Jan 12 2009 /var/cron/tabs/cricke > > Which is, I am failry certain, what is _intended_ to invoke the > cricket process. However, acording to the cricket logs, the last time > I have an entry is Aug 29th, which was when the machine was shut > down. So, I decided to try running this command by hand. Now, to do > so I need to be the cricket user, so I tried to su - cricket. I was > told that this user was not avaialble. Looking in /etc/passwd. I > found that this users shell was listed as /usr/sbin/nologin. I > edited /etc/paswd to change this to /nin/sh, but I still get the smae > error message when I try to su to that user. > > What do I need to change to be able to su to this suer, and might > this be the reason tha it's crontab entry is notbeing run? There is no native port for Cricket on FreeBSD; however, I did find this URL: http://cricket.sourceforge.net/support/doc/beginner.html Perhaps if might be of some assistance. -- Jerry gesbbb@yahoo.com If you sow your wild oats, hope for a crop failure.