From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 18 18:06:30 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F2CB1065743 for ; Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:06:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kurt.buff@gmail.com) Received: from yw-out-2324.google.com (yw-out-2324.google.com [74.125.46.29]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 08EC08FC0C for ; Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:06:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kurt.buff@gmail.com) Received: by yw-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 2so8208ywt.13 for ; Wed, 18 Feb 2009 10:06:29 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=NctNqXetXtQNCuHNJJB21fK5EpSTzhNq2dRzyUlWmNg=; b=euTQFZfIhs57ByGQ3WTQvVnVee0PBMPdb+ENyDQApOzWw09ThZBxwPYknPmpQT0OKb 4eyE40si7cfN7qwJSGbjcgXfyJnBL4BN+8DBjQ0Ff6dK/kNkMvcVS1lmlnmsyG92Clpv RZwz6mWG3RJKpuOwUoEg2EATsq37I5ykiGmT4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=hEkMUCW59U1h5vytfz7W0iIlg0cxGwF0bwMe5wIYXOwFR11z+V+FH3TEx7K+WsngVc GotGOaXdKA1gAgn0WNgGaLXan+6ddY9KG38/nnhIPWYjYkuW4FG7LDt2HkUcbP00tJCL nYP6JfzVq9atG1LtYBZu61bCNhXuXNdk4tsSA= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.142.71.16 with SMTP id t16mr3225633wfa.273.1234980388972; Wed, 18 Feb 2009 10:06:28 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 10:06:28 -0800 Message-ID: From: Kurt Buff To: FreeBSD Questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: Re: No periodic daily? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:06:30 -0000 On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 9:34 AM, Kurt Buff wrote: > All, > > I'm having a strange issue with one of my boxes. It's the router for our DS3: > > router#uname -a > FreeBSD router.mycompany.com 7.0-STABLE FreeBSD 7.0-STABLE #0: Mon May > 19 01:16:12 PDT 2008 > root@router.mycompany.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 > > The machine has stopped sending periodic daily and security reports, > though I'm getting weekly and monthly reports. I see nothing in the > syslogs to indicate any problems. > > If I issue, as root, the command 'periodic daily', it just hangs until > I press ^C to break out of it, then it comes back with > > router# periodic daily > ^C > (Interrupt -- one more to kill letter) > > and sends an email, with the following contents: > > Removing stale files from /var/preserve: > > Cleaning out old system announcements: > > Removing stale files from /var/rwho: > > But nothing else - certainly much less than I get from my other boxes. > > Running 'periodic security' also hangs, but when I interrupt with ^C, > I get no output at all, either at the prompt or in email. > > > I plan on rebooting it this evening - is there anything I can do in > the meantime to diagnose the issue? > > Kurt Never mind... It looks to be a self-inflicted wound. Looks like my postfix configuration is screwed up. Kurt