From owner-freebsd-questions Sun May 12 18:29:04 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id SAA02158 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 12 May 1996 18:29:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from shell.monmouth.com (shell.monmouth.com [205.164.220.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id SAA02151 for ; Sun, 12 May 1996 18:29:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from pechter@localhost) by shell.monmouth.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) id VAA09397; Sun, 12 May 1996 21:23:42 -0400 From: Bill/Carolyn Pechter Message-Id: <199605130123.VAA09397@shell.monmouth.com> Subject: Re: /etc/daily crashing my 2.1.0 system To: jonny@gaia.coppe.ufrj.br (Joao Carlos Mendes Luis) Date: Sun, 12 May 1996 21:23:41 -0400 (EDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199605122244.TAA11484@gaia.coppe.ufrj.br> from "Joao Carlos Mendes Luis" at May 12, 96 07:44:40 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > Hi, > > My system (2.1.0R) is crashing EVERYDAY at 2:00. It seens to be a problem > with the daily script. Searching www.freebsd.org for old messages related > to this problem I've confirmed that it's a bug in 2.1.0R, but I could not > find a solution other than removing /etc/daily from the crontab. Is there > a better solution or a patch ? > > Jonny Take a look and see if you have the same thing in both /etc/crontabs and /var/cron/tabs/root -- if both are calling /etc/daily /etc/weekly and /etc/monthly -- you may have the same problem that caused my freeing free vnode problem. Remove 'em from one of the crontab files and all gets better. Bill (should this be in a FAQ?) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Pechter/Carolyn Pechter | 17 Meredith Drive, Tinton Falls, NJ 07724, 908-389-3592 | pechter@shell.monmouth.com I'll run Win96 on my box when you pry the keyboard from my cold, dead hands. FreeBSD, OS/2, CP/M, RT11, spoken here.