[gentoo-server] Cron/Mailman Woes

[gentoo-server] Cron/Mailman Woes

[Randy Barlow]

Hi all!  So I recently did the mailman upgrade thing, and if you aren't 
aware, the mailman files were moved from /usr/local/mailman to 
/var/lib/mailman and probably other places too.  A real pain to fix.  I 
have mailman working again, but now I'm getting lots and lots of e-mails 
sent to root that say

Subject:
Cron <mailman@booty> /usr/bin/python -S /usr/local/mailman/cron/gate_news
From:
root@booty.electronsweatshop.com (Cron Daemon)
Date:
Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:55:01 -0500 (EST)
To:
mailman@booty.electronsweatshop.com

/usr/bin/python: can't open file '/usr/local/mailman/cron/gate_news': 
[Errno 2] No such file or directory

Now, /usr/local/mailman doesn't exist anymore, but I can't figure out 
what process is trying to execute /usr/bin/python -S 
/usr/local/mailman/cron/gate_news.  crontab -u mailman -l doesn't show 
any such entry, and I don't see it in any of the /etc/cron.* folders. 
How can I find out why this command is executed (and frequently so!)?
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Randy Barlow
http://electronsweatshop.com
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Re: [gentoo-server] Cron/Mailman Woes

[David Tauriainen]

Randy Barlow wrote:
> Hi all!  So I recently did the mailman upgrade thing, and if you aren't
> aware, the mailman files were moved from /usr/local/mailman to
> /var/lib/mailman and probably other places too.  A real pain to fix.  I
> have mailman working again, but now I'm getting lots and lots of e-mails
> sent to root that say
> 
> Subject:
> Cron <mailman@booty> /usr/bin/python -S /usr/local/mailman/cron/gate_news
> From:
> root@booty.electronsweatshop.com (Cron Daemon)
> Date:
> Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:55:01 -0500 (EST)
> To:
> mailman@booty.electronsweatshop.com
> 
> /usr/bin/python: can't open file '/usr/local/mailman/cron/gate_news':
> [Errno 2] No such file or directory
> 
> Now, /usr/local/mailman doesn't exist anymore, but I can't figure out
> what process is trying to execute /usr/bin/python -S
> /usr/local/mailman/cron/gate_news.  crontab -u mailman -l doesn't show
> any such entry, and I don't see it in any of the /etc/cron.* folders.
> How can I find out why this command is executed (and frequently so!)?
> --
> Randy Barlow
> http://electronsweatshop.com
> --
> gentoo-server@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
> 
try a "grep -ri gate_news" in
/var/spool/cron/
and while you're at it, check /etc/crontab too.
Cron has one of the most decentralized conf file groups out there...
/etc/cron.*, /etc/crontab, /var/spool/cron ... others?  probably.

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