From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 1 16:54:58 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3541716A41C for ; Fri, 1 Jul 2005 16:54:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lists@natserv.com) Received: from mail1.acecape.com (mail1.acecape.com [66.114.74.12]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DACD043D4C for ; Fri, 1 Jul 2005 16:54:57 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lists@natserv.com) Received: from zoraida.natserv.net (p65-147.acedsl.com [66.114.65.147]) by mail1.acecape.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j61GsuVj030508; Fri, 1 Jul 2005 12:54:57 -0400 Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2005 12:54:56 -0400 (EDT) From: Francisco Reyes X-X-Sender: fran@zoraida.natserv.net To: JM In-Reply-To: <42C57069.9080102@speakeasy.net> Message-ID: <20050701125231.F3559@zoraida.natserv.net> References: <20050630114041.W64452@zoraida.natserv.net> <42C57069.9080102@speakeasy.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: FreeBSD amd64 List Subject: Re: Crontab behavior in AMD64 X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2005 16:54:58 -0000 On Fri, 1 Jul 2005, JM wrote: > i know it seems simple but make sure your script has +x permissions. a lot of > times i've forgotten to do this and overlooking this sometimes causes me some > headaches. it's one of those things you forget and slap yourself about later. Found the problem. Will put complete details on a reply to a post I did in questions.. for the archives. Short version.. A file called /etc/nsswitch.conf needed to be changed because I compiled the kernel without NIS. However I still think that cron failing because it can not send an email is a strange "feature". :-)