Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 10:42:57 -0400 From: Jerry <gesbbb@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What invokes cricket on FreeBSD Message-ID: <20090903104257.547e05ce@scorpio.seibercom.net> In-Reply-To: <20090903134107.GA3930@teddy.fas.com> References: <20090903114857.GA635@teddy.fas.com> <20090903122532.GA1604@teddy.fas.com> <4A9FB9E3.6060207@infracaninophile.co.uk> <20090903132256.GA3270@teddy.fas.com> <20090903133335.GA3884@teddy.fas.com> <20090903134107.GA3930@teddy.fas.com>
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On Thu, 3 Sep 2009 09:41:07 -0400 stan <stanb@panix.com> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 03, 2009 at 09:33:35AM -0400, stan wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 03, 2009 at 09:22:56AM -0400, stan wrote: > > > On Thu, Sep 03, 2009 at 01:43:15PM +0100, Matthew Seaman wrote: > > > > stan wrote: > > > > > On Thu, Sep 03, 2009 at 07:48:57AM -0400, stan wrote: > > > > >> I have inherited a system that uses Cricket on FreeBSD to do > > > > >> some data collection. I have set this up myself in the > > > > >> distnat past, but this time I asked a contractor to set it > > > > >> up. I no longer have access to this contractor, and the > > > > >> toher day, we shut down the system this was running on, and > > > > >> when we rebooted the system, cricket id not resume > > > > >> collecting data. > > > > >> > > > > >> I don't see anyhting in /usr/local/etc/rc.d to start it up, > > > > >> nor do I see anything in /etc/crontag. I don't seen any > > > > >> processes owned by cricket running. > > > > >> > > > > >> In FreeBSD, how is this process noramally invoked? > > > > > > > > > > Sorry to reply to my own message, but I have more data. I did > > > > > find > > > > > > > > > > -rw------- 1 root wheel 288 Jan 12 > > > > > 2009 /var/cron/tabs/cricke > > > > > > > > > > Which is, I am failry certain, what is _intended_ to invoke > > > > > the cricket process. However, acording to the cricket logs, > > > > > the last time I have an entry is Aug 29th, which was when the > > > > > machine was shut down. So, I decided to try running this > > > > > command by hand. Now, to do so I need to be the cricket user, > > > > > so I tried to su - cricket. I was told that this user was not > > > > > avaialble. Looking in /etc/passwd. I found that this users > > > > > shell was listed as /usr/sbin/nologin. I edited /etc/paswd to > > > > > change this to /nin/sh, but I still get the smae error > > > > > message when I try to su to that user. > > > > > > > > > > What do I need to change to be able to su to this suer, and > > > > > might this be the reason tha it's crontab entry is notbeing > > > > > run? > > > > > > > > Try: > > > > > > > > # su -m cricket > > > > > > > > although the best way to examine and/or modify that user's > > > > crontab is: > > > > > > > > # crontab -e -u cricket > > > > > > > > > > OK, I was able to execute the cricket collector caoomand bu using > > > the su - format, and it ran corectly. > > > > > > Cany anyone sugest what to check to see why cron is not executing > > > this command? I see no evidence of it's running in either the > > > cricket logs' or cron's logs. > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > Repkying to my own message again :-( > > > > > > OK, I found in the cron man page the following: > > > > Before running a command from a per-account crontab file, cron > > checks the status of the account with pam(3) and skips the command > > if the account is unavailable, e.g., locked out or expired. > > > > So, now the question is, how do I unlock that user? > > > This gets strnager. I found the pw cammand, which should do thatm but: > > pnoc# pw unlock cricket > pw: user 'cricket' is not locked > > So, how come: > > pnoc# su - cricket > This account is currently not available. Something appears to be broken. You might try a new installation. The port creates the user and group if it does not exist. 1) pkg-delete -dfv cricket-1.0.5_5 2) Use pw to delete any reference to cricket 3) Then install cricket via the port -- Jerry gesbbb@yahoo.com We are upping our standards ... so up yours. Pat Paulsen for President, 1988
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