Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2004 18:23:22 -0500 From: Gerard Seibert <gerard-seibert@rcn.com> To: Ruben de Groot <mail25@bzerk.org>, freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re[2]: Message from CRON Message-ID: <20040309182144.9306.GERARD-SEIBERT@rcn.com> In-Reply-To: <20040309111141.GA35841@ei.bzerk.org> References: <Pine.WNT.4.58.0403081817560.2692@Treneq> <20040309111141.GA35841@ei.bzerk.org>
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On Tuesday, March 09, 2004 6:11:41 AM Ruben de Groot <mail25@bzerk.org> wrote: |>On Mon, Mar 08, 2004 at 06:25:39PM -0500, Gerard Seibert typed: |>> >From time to time, I receive a notification that I have mail in |>> /var/mail/ges. |>> |>> Upon checking, this is what I find: |>> |>> |>> |>> >From ges@BudMan.cable.rcn.com Mon Mar 8 18:11:01 2004 |>> Return-Path: <ges@BudMan.cable.rcn.com> |>> Received: from BudMan.cable.rcn.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) |>> by BudMan.cable.rcn.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i28NB0Ja029641 |>> for <ges@BudMan.cable.rcn.com>; Mon, 8 Mar 2004 18:11:00 -0500 (EST) |>> (envelope-from ges@BudMan.cable.rcn.com) |>> Received: (from ges@localhost) |>> by BudMan.cable.rcn.com (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id i28NB0Qo029628; |>> Mon, 8 Mar 2004 18:11:00 -0500 (EST) |>> (envelope-from ges) |>> Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2004 18:11:00 -0500 (EST) |>> Message-Id: <200403082311.i28NB0Qo029628@BudMan.cable.rcn.com> |>> From: ges@BudMan.cable.rcn.com (Cron Daemon) |>> To: ges@BudMan.cable.rcn.com |>> Subject: Cron <ges@BudMan> operator /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=/home/ges> |>> X-Cron-Env: <LOGNAME=ges> |>> X-Cron-Env: <USER=ges> |>> |>> operator: not found |>> |>> >From ges@BudMan.cable.rcn.com Mon Mar 8 18:15:01 2004 |>> Return-Path: <ges@BudMan.cable.rcn.com> |>> Received: from BudMan.cable.rcn.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) |>> by BudMan.cable.rcn.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i28NF0Ja029878 |>> for <ges@BudMan.cable.rcn.com>; Mon, 8 Mar 2004 18:15:00 -0500 (EST) |>> (envelope-from ges@BudMan.cable.rcn.com) |>> Received: (from ges@localhost) |>> by BudMan.cable.rcn.com (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id i28NF0pd029876; |>> Mon, 8 Mar 2004 18:15:00 -0500 (EST) |>> (envelope-from ges) |>> Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2004 18:15:00 -0500 (EST) |>> Message-Id: <200403082315.i28NF0pd029876@BudMan.cable.rcn.com> |>> From: ges@BudMan.cable.rcn.com (Cron Daemon) |>> To: ges@BudMan.cable.rcn.com |>> Subject: Cron <ges@BudMan> root /usr/libexec/atrun |>> X-Cron-Env: <SHELL=/bin/sh> |>> X-Cron-Env: <PATH=/etc:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin> |>> X-Cron-Env: <HOME=/home/ges> |>> X-Cron-Env: <LOGNAME=ges> |>> X-Cron-Env: <USER=ges> |>> |>> root: not found |>> |>> You will notice that these times are very close together. Actually, I have |>> received messages with the times varying by only a few seconds. Why am I |>> receiving these messages, and what are they trying to tell me? |> |>It looks like you somehow managed to install the system crontab |>(/etc/crontab) as a users' crontab (/var/cron/tabs/ges). Check the |>output of "crontab -u ges -l". |>In a user crontab there's no column "run as user x", so the usernames |>operator and root are mistaken for commands. |> |>Ruben |> |> |>> Thanks! |>> |>> Gerard Seibert |>> gerard-seibert@rcn.com |>> |>> _______________________________________________ |>> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list |>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions |>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" ********** Reply Separator ********** Tuesday, March 09, 2004 6:21:44 PM Ya, that was it. I have no idea how I managed that though. I never touch the cron - I have no reason to. Gerard Seibert
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