From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 9 15:23:18 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7DF4416A4CF for ; Tue, 9 Mar 2004 15:23:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp01.mrf.mail.rcn.net (smtp01.mrf.mail.rcn.net [207.172.4.60]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3352343D45 for ; Tue, 9 Mar 2004 15:23:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gerard-seibert@rcn.com) Received: from 207-237-110-41.c3-0.crm-ubr4.crm.ny.cable.rcn.com ([207.237.110.41] helo=[127.0.0.1]) by smtp01.mrf.mail.rcn.net with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #4) id 1B0qZB-0007fn-00; Tue, 09 Mar 2004 18:23:17 -0500 Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2004 18:23:22 -0500 From: Gerard Seibert To: Ruben de Groot , freebsd-questions Sender: Gerard@FreeBSD.ORG, Seibert@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <20040309111141.GA35841@ei.bzerk.org> References: <20040309111141.GA35841@ei.bzerk.org> Message-Id: <20040309182144.9306.GERARD-SEIBERT@rcn.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Becky! ver. 2.08.01 [en] Subject: Re[2]: Message from CRON X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: gerard-seibert@rcn.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2004 23:23:18 -0000 On Tuesday, March 09, 2004 6:11:41 AM Ruben de Groot 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: |>> 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 ; 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 operator /usr/libexec/save-entropy |>> X-Cron-Env: |>> X-Cron-Env: |>> X-Cron-Env: |>> X-Cron-Env: |>> X-Cron-Env: |>> |>> operator: not found |>> |>> >From ges@BudMan.cable.rcn.com Mon Mar 8 18:15:01 2004 |>> Return-Path: |>> 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 ; 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 root /usr/libexec/atrun |>> X-Cron-Env: |>> X-Cron-Env: |>> X-Cron-Env: |>> X-Cron-Env: |>> X-Cron-Env: |>> |>> 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