Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 20:38:57 -0500 From: "James Halstead" <halstead@dreamscape.com> To: "questions @FreeBSD.org" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: crond Message-ID: <016101bf63b0$4a2cb0e0$64c8d9d1@jameshal>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_015E_01BF6386.6006F760 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I have set up two servers using freebsd 3.4 to be essentially identical = machines. One of the two machines crond keeps sending error messages to = root everytime it tries to execute one of the crontab entries. I am = still somewhat of a newbie and I cannot make sense of the error message = "root: not found." What does it mean, the other machine (identical in = hardware and software setups) gives me no trouble. two of the messages: ------------------------------- From root Thu Jan 20 19:40:00 2000 Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 19:40:00 -0500 (EST) From: root (Cron Daemon) To: root Subject: Cron <root@djoan> root /usr/libexec/atrun X-Cron-Env: <SHELL=3D/bin/sh> X-Cron-Env: <PATH=3D/etc:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin> X-Cron-Env: <HOME=3D/root> X-Cron-Env: <LOGNAME=3Droot> X-Cron-Env: <USER=3Droot> root: not found=20 ------------------------------- From root Thu Jan 20 20:00:00 2000 Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 20:00:00 -0500 (EST) From: root (Cron Daemon) To: root Subject: Cron <root@djoan> root newsyslog X-Cron-Env: <SHELL=3D/bin/sh> X-Cron-Env: <PATH=3D/etc:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin> X-Cron-Env: <HOME=3D/root> X-Cron-Env: <LOGNAME=3Droot> X-Cron-Env: <USER=3Droot> root: not found ------------------------------- here is my /etc/crontab if it helps.: # /etc/crontab - root's crontab for FreeBSD # # $FreeBSD: src/etc/crontab,v 1.18.2.2 1999/08/29 14:18:39 peter Exp $ # SHELL=3D/bin/sh PATH=3D/etc:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin HOME=3D/var/log # #minute hour mday month wday who command # */5 * * * * root /usr/libexec/atrun # # rotate log files every hour, if necessary 0 * * * * root newsyslog # # do daily/weekly/monthly maintenance #59 1 * * * root periodic daily 2>&1 | = sendmail root 30 3 * * 6 root periodic weekly 2>&1 | = sendmail root 30 5 1 * * root periodic monthly 2>&1 | = sendmail root # time zone change adjustment for wall cmos clock, # does nothing, if you have UTC cmos clock. # See adjkerntz(8) for details. ------------------------------- In another unrelated issue. I had some trouble with the servers having = hard crashes. I had the graphica bsd daemon screen saver running and on = a hunch disabled it. so far I have had no more crashes. is there any = known problems with the screensavers? Thanks for any help. :) ------=_NextPart_000_015E_01BF6386.6006F760 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2919.6307" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#f0f0f0> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I have set = up two servers=20 using freebsd 3.4 to be essentially identical machines. One of the two = machines=20 crond keeps sending error messages to root everytime it tries to execute = one of=20 the crontab entries. I am still somewhat of a newbie and I cannot make = sense of=20 the error message "root: not found." What does it mean, the other = machine=20 (identical in hardware and software setups) gives me no=20 trouble.</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><FONT face=3DArial = size=3D2></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>two of the messages:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2>-------------------------------</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>From root Thu Jan 20 19:40:00 = 2000<BR>Date: Thu, 20=20 Jan 2000 19:40:00 -0500 (EST)<BR>From: root (Cron Daemon)<BR>To:=20 root<BR>Subject: Cron <root@djoan> root = /usr/libexec/atrun<BR>X-Cron-Env:=20 <SHELL=3D/bin/sh><BR>X-Cron-Env:=20 <PATH=3D/etc:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin><BR>X-Cron-Env:=20 <HOME=3D/root><BR>X-Cron-Env: = <LOGNAME=3Droot><BR>X-Cron-Env:=20 <USER=3Droot></FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>root: not found </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial = size=3D2>-------------------------------</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>From root Thu Jan 20 20:00:00 = 2000<BR>Date: Thu, 20=20 Jan 2000 20:00:00 -0500 (EST)<BR>From: root (Cron Daemon)<BR>To:=20 root<BR>Subject: Cron <root@djoan> root newsyslog<BR>X-Cron-Env:=20 <SHELL=3D/bin/sh><BR>X-Cron-Env:=20 <PATH=3D/etc:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin><BR>X-Cron-Env:=20 <HOME=3D/root><BR>X-Cron-Env: = <LOGNAME=3Droot><BR>X-Cron-Env:=20 <USER=3Droot></FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>root: not found</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2>-------------------------------</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>here is my /etc/crontab if it = helps.:</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2># /etc/crontab - root's crontab for=20 FreeBSD<BR>#<BR># $FreeBSD: src/etc/crontab,v 1.18.2.2 1999/08/29 = 14:18:39 peter=20 Exp=20 $<BR>#<BR>SHELL=3D/bin/sh<BR>PATH=3D/etc:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin<BR= >HOME=3D/var/log<BR>#<BR>#minute=20 hour mday month =20 wday who =20 command<BR>#<BR>*/5 =20 * = * =20 * = * =20 root /usr/libexec/atrun<BR>#<BR># rotate log files = every hour,=20 if necessary<BR>0 =20 * = * =20 * = * =20 root newsyslog<BR>#<BR># do daily/weekly/monthly=20 maintenance<BR>#59 =20 1 = * =20 * = * =20 root periodic daily 2>&1 | sendmail=20 root<BR>30 = 3 =20 * = * =20 6 root periodic = weekly=20 2>&1 | sendmail root</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>30 =20 5 = 1 =20 * = * =20 root periodic monthly 2>&1 | sendmail root<BR># = time=20 zone change adjustment for wall cmos clock,<BR># does nothing, if you = have UTC=20 cmos clock.<BR># See adjkerntz(8) for details.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2>-------------------------------</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>In another unrelated issue. I had some = trouble with=20 the servers having hard crashes. I had the graphica bsd daemon = screen saver=20 running and on a hunch disabled it. so far I have had no more crashes. = is there=20 any known problems with the screensavers?</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Thanks for any help.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>:)</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_015E_01BF6386.6006F760-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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