Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2006 12:34:42 -0500 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: Don Wilde <Don@Network-Lynx.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cron abuse Message-ID: <20060903173442.GC45627@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> In-Reply-To: <eefa2c8b0609030957of61ff83s63d5d2346236e3b9@mail.gmail.com> References: <eefa2c8b0609030933q7fd19172m72a33eaf0a8d61c@mail.gmail.com> <20060903163738.GX698@bunrab.catwhisker.org> <eefa2c8b0609030943u3fbf1530ta79211ae958a67d6@mail.gmail.com> <20060903164915.GY698@bunrab.catwhisker.org> <eefa2c8b0609030957of61ff83s63d5d2346236e3b9@mail.gmail.com>
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--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 <david@catwhisker.org> 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--
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