From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 27 11:01:29 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 540DE16A41C for ; Fri, 27 May 2005 11:01:29 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from zanchey@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au) Received: from asclepius.uwa.edu.au (asclepius3.uwa.edu.au [130.95.128.60]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D117B43D1D for ; Fri, 27 May 2005 11:01:28 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from zanchey@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au) Received: from asclepius.kas (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by asclepius.uwa.edu.au (Postfix) with SMTP id DC0F4183B43 for ; Fri, 27 May 2005 19:01:25 +0800 (WST) Received: from asclepius (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by asclepius.prekas (Postfix) with SMTP id CE238183A54 for ; Fri, 27 May 2005 19:01:25 +0800 (WST) X-UWA-Client-IP: 130.95.13.9 (UWA) Received: from mooneye.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au (mooneye.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au [130.95.13.9]) by asclepius.input (Postfix) with ESMTP id C2287183A1A for ; Fri, 27 May 2005 19:01:25 +0800 (WST) Received: by mooneye.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au (Postfix, from userid 801) id B3B7D17F35; Fri, 27 May 2005 19:01:24 +0800 (WST) Received: from mussel.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au (mussel.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au [130.95.13.18]) by mooneye.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 259FB17F23; Fri, 27 May 2005 19:01:24 +0800 (WST) Received: from zanchey (helo=localhost) by mussel.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au with local-esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1Dbcai-0000qk-00; Fri, 27 May 2005 19:01:24 +0800 Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 19:01:23 +0800 (WST) From: David Adam To: Phil Brennan In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-SpamTest-Info: Profile: Formal (237/050526) X-SpamTest-Info: Profile: Detect Hard [UCS 290904] X-SpamTest-Info: Profile: SysLog X-SpamTest-Info: Profile: Marking Spam - Subject (UCS) [02-08-04] X-SpamTest-Status: Not detected X-SpamTest-Version: SMTP-Filter Version 2.0.0 [0125], KAS/Release Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cron stops silently X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 11:01:29 -0000 Phil, On Fri, 27 May 2005, Phil Brennan wrote: > Since updating our server to 5.4-STABLE, I've noticed a very strange > problem with cron. > Sometimes it just decides to stop, for no apparent reason. It stops at > different times, it doesn't seem to be affected by any particular > cronjob. > There are no messages about this in any logfile, it just stops running > and I have to start it manually. Obviously this is a major PITA. Can > anyone help me to debug this problem further? I really don't know > where to look. Searches of all freebsd mailing lists have turned up > with nothing. I've only got access to a FreeBSD 4.11 machine at the moment, but have you tried the -x debug flags listed under cron(8)? (4.11 doesn't have rcNG, so I can't tell you where it's started or whether you'll need to redirect output, but I'm sure a bit of diggin around will show you.) Cheers, David Adam zanchey@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au