Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 20:47:11 -0700 From: jekillen <jekillen@prodigy.net> To: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: mail to root Message-ID: <5b3e8f769d1857a07e1f494cdaf6a035@prodigy.net>
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Hello: I have been getting this message in the mail box for root for the last several days. Can anyone tell me what this means. From operator@(host name) Sun Aug 27 08:11:00 2006 Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2006 08:11:00 -0700 (PDT) <-- the date and time is wrong, it is Sat the 26th. I've know his for a week or two but haven't changed it. From: operator@(host name) (Cron Daemon) To: operator@(host name) Subject: Cron <operator@(host)> /usr/libexec/save-entropy X-Cron-Env: <SHELL=/bin/sh> X-Cron-Env: <PATH=/etc:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin> X-Cron-Env: <HOME=/> X-Cron-Env: <LOGNAME=operator> X-Cron-Env: <USER=operator> ifconfig: not found ifconfig: not found I have eliminated the actual host name from the text. Unfortunately, there is not to my knowledge a comprehensive text that will offer an analysis of every possible mail message to root and what it means. I am learning. ifconfig is there, I used it to alias an interface as well as to display the current setup. The machine has been up as a web and dns server for 95 days and this message has just started showing up. I added the lines to rc.conf to set the aliases and rebooted the machine. The new aliases didn't show up with ifconfig so I added them with ifconfig ( I must have made a mistake in the rc.conf lines). The shell complained that using ifconfig rl0 inet (address) netmask (netmask) was a bad address. I removed 'inet' from the instruction and it was accepted. I assume that I have to remove that also from the rc.conf line. About this time the mail message came up again. Thanks in advance. JKhome | help
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