Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 14:36:31 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Robert Small <robert@luftx.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems with /usr/libexec/save-entropy Message-ID: <20031021133631.GB94995@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <200310210810.AA525402142@mail.luftx.net> References: <200310210810.AA525402142@mail.luftx.net>
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On Tue, Oct 21, 2003 at 08:10:55AM -0500, Robert Small wrote:
> Ok, I'm an idiot! I MUST have done something to my system yesterday. It's=
been running fine, and around 3:00pm yesterday, I started receiving emails=
from Cron "/usr/local/save-entropy" saying:
>=20
> *User: not found
>=20
> I've tried everything, and looking into everything. I've checked my maste=
r.passwd and group (compared 'em to /usr/src/etc).
>=20
> I've checked crontab (/etc/crontab), and root's crontab (empty). I've als=
o compared to another 5.1 (Release) box, and everhthing is the same. Could =
someone point me in the right direction?
>=20
> I'm running: 5.1 Current.=20
>=20
> I even did another update, build world, kernel and merge this morning, al=
l to no avail!
>=20
> The line in my crontab is:
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> */11 * * * * operator /usr/libexec/save-entropy
>=20
> And when I try to run it from the command line I get:
>=20
> /etc# /usr/libexec/save-entropy=20
> *User: not found
>=20
> Any/all help would be appreciated.
Check /etc/rc.conf for errors -- mismatched quote marks, that sort of
thing.
Run /usr/libexec/save-entropy in trace mode (it is a shell script),
which should give you some idea of where and why it is blowing up:
# sh -x /usr/libexec/save-entropy
I think you've probably covered this one already, but make sure you
have an 'operator' userid in /etc/master.passwd and an 'operator'
group similarly in /etc/group.
Run pwd_mkdb(8) to ensure that the db-format caches of the password
database and /etc/passwd are consistent with the master files:
# pwd_mkdb -p
Cheers,
Matthew
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Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks
Savill Way
PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow
Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK
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