From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 3 17:34:57 2006 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 07F5916A5BE for ; Sun, 3 Sep 2006 17:34:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brooks@lor.one-eyed-alien.net) Received: from sccmmhc91.asp.att.net (sccmmhc91.asp.att.net [204.127.203.211]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B55D243D45 for ; Sun, 3 Sep 2006 17:34:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from brooks@lor.one-eyed-alien.net) Received: from lor.one-eyed-alien.net ([12.207.12.9]) by sccmmhc91.asp.att.net (sccmmhc91) with ESMTP id <20060903173450m9100h5deqe>; Sun, 3 Sep 2006 17:34:54 +0000 Received: from lor.one-eyed-alien.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lor.one-eyed-alien.net (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k83HYi0A046944; Sun, 3 Sep 2006 12:34:45 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from brooks@lor.one-eyed-alien.net) Received: (from brooks@localhost) by lor.one-eyed-alien.net (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id k83HYh8w046943; Sun, 3 Sep 2006 12:34:43 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from brooks) Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2006 12:34:42 -0500 From: Brooks Davis To: Don Wilde Message-ID: <20060903173442.GC45627@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> References: <20060903163738.GX698@bunrab.catwhisker.org> <20060903164915.GY698@bunrab.catwhisker.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="pAwQNkOnpTn9IO2O" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cron abuse 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: Sun, 03 Sep 2006 17:34:57 -0000 --pAwQNkOnpTn9IO2O Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Sun, Sep 03, 2006 at 11:57:44AM -0500, Don Wilde wrote: > On 9/3/06, David Wolfskill wrote: > >On Sun, Sep 03, 2006 at 11:43:01AM -0500, Don Wilde wrote: > >> ... > >> Thanks for taking the time to answer, David. > > > >Sure thing. > > > >> Yes, I see that. I'm reinstalling the old /etc/crontab back into > >> /etc/crontab. > > > >OK. > > > >> This is what's driving me nuts. Why would it be acting as though it's > >> a user crontab? > > > >I doubt that it is -- more likely, a copy of /etc/crontab was installed > >as a "user crontab" -- go check /var/cron/tabs. > > > Yes, it did exactly that. Will removing the /var/cron/tabs entry make > everything Just Work again? Yes or run "crontab -e" and delete everything in the editor window before saving. One good thing about your problem is it reminded me I'd forgotten to MFC the anti foot shooting measure I added a while back which causes crontab to refuse to load /etc/crontab as a user crontab. It doesn't try very hard, but it does prevent the most common error. -- Brooks --pAwQNkOnpTn9IO2O Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFE+xIyXY6L6fI4GtQRAunfAKDYKXEscg7Sz4A8jmGY2z38Znb0fwCgng3b CVomNWQv/wB7LIWjs0uVlIw= =EVSC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --pAwQNkOnpTn9IO2O--