From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 8 15:25:37 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 48A8416A4CE for ; Mon, 8 Mar 2004 15:25:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp01.mrf.mail.rcn.net (smtp01.mrf.mail.rcn.net [207.172.4.60]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C41443D1D for ; Mon, 8 Mar 2004 15:25:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gerard-seibert@rcn.com) Received: from 207-237-110-41.c3-0.crm-ubr4.crm.ny.cable.rcn.com ([207.237.110.41] helo=localhost) by smtp01.mrf.mail.rcn.net with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #4) id 1B0U7s-00044S-00 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 08 Mar 2004 18:25:36 -0500 Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2004 18:25:39 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time) From: Gerard Seibert To: freebsd-questions Message-ID: X-X-Sender: beerstud@spamcop.net@mail.cesmail.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Subject: 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: Mon, 08 Mar 2004 23:25:37 -0000 >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? Thanks! Gerard Seibert gerard-seibert@rcn.com