[gentoo-user] Vixie-Cron Issues

[gentoo-user] Vixie-Cron Issues

[Korthrun]

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Heyyas,

      I have been getting these errors with the latest vixie-cron, and
have noticed similar things in the past with
other cron daemons, and other systems. This is the first time I've
seen it with vixie cron.
     
      I have been getting mails with subject/content like this:

Subject: Cron <root@penis> est -x /usr/sbin/run-crons && /usr/sbin/run-crons
/bin/bash: line 1: est: command not found

Subject: Cron <root@penis> m -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.hourly
/bin/bash: line 1: m: command not found

     The cronjobs causeing this, I assume are:
*/10  *  * * *  root    test -x /usr/sbin/run-crons && /usr/sbin/run-crons
0  *  * * *     root    rm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.hourly
Respectivly.

      So it looks like cron is accepting 'root' as the username to run
the command as, is doing SOMETHING with the
first letter of each command, and running the rest as something
seperate.  Does vixie-cron not accept that
username-before-command syntax? I noticed that I couldn't find
anything mentioning it in `man crontab`  or `man 5
crontab`. If so, I am assuming this crontab was installed with the
stage3 tarball and not vixiecron?

      Anyinsight would be appreciated.

Thanks much,
Korf

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Re: [gentoo-user] Vixie-Cron Issues

[Adrian CAPDEFIER]

Pe data de Marţi 07 Decembrie 2004 00:58, Korthrun a scris:

> Subject: Cron <root@penis> est -x /usr/sbin/run-crons &&
> /usr/sbin/run-crons /bin/bash: line 1: est: command not found
>
> Subject: Cron <root@penis> m -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.hourly
> /bin/bash: line 1: m: command not found
>
>      The cronjobs causeing this, I assume are:
> */10  *  * * *  root    test -x /usr/sbin/run-crons && /usr/sbin/run-crons
> 0  *  * * *     root    rm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.hourly

*rotfl* ... I bet you really don't have a problem but wanted to show your 
hostname :D.

Adi.

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[gentoo-user] Vixie-Cron Issues

[Korthrun]

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eheheh I wish that was the case! but alas! it is not true.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Vixie-Cron Issues

[Bastian Balthazar Bux]

Korthrun wrote:

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>Heyyas,
>
>      I have been getting these errors with the latest vixie-cron, and
>have noticed similar things in the past with
>other cron daemons, and other systems. This is the first time I've
>seen it with vixie cron.
>     
>      I have been getting mails with subject/content like this:
>
>Subject: Cron <root@penis> est -x /usr/sbin/run-crons && /usr/sbin/run-crons
>/bin/bash: line 1: est: command not found
>
>Subject: Cron <root@penis> m -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.hourly
>/bin/bash: line 1: m: command not found
>
>     The cronjobs causeing this, I assume are:
>*/10  *  * * *  root    test -x /usr/sbin/run-crons && /usr/sbin/run-crons
>0  *  * * *     root    rm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.hourly
>Respectivly.
>
>      So it looks like cron is accepting 'root' as the username to run
>the command as, is doing SOMETHING with the
>first letter of each command, and running the rest as something
>seperate.  Does vixie-cron not accept that
>username-before-command syntax? I noticed that I couldn't find
>anything mentioning it in `man crontab`  or `man 5
>crontab`. If so, I am assuming this crontab was installed with the
>stage3 tarball and not vixiecron?
>
>      Anyinsight would be appreciated.
>
>Thanks much,
>Korf
>  
>
I'm laughing reading previous answer ...
try to delete the charachters  "t     t" read it from the last root 
letter to the first test letter and digit it again, whats happen
(shot in the dark)

regards francesco

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Re: [gentoo-user] Vixie-Cron Issues

[Korthrun]

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I tried that, with both spaces and a tab. I get the same results. I am
almost sure I can just remove the 'root' part
and it would work fine. I would really like to figure it out this time
around though, I've seen it on other machines.

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On Tue, 07 Dec 2004 00:58:06 +0100, Bastian Balthazar Bux
<bastianbalthazarbux@pnpitalia.it> wrote:
> Korthrun wrote:
> 
> 
> 
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> >Heyyas,
> >
> >      I have been getting these errors with the latest vixie-cron, and
> >have noticed similar things in the past with
> >other cron daemons, and other systems. This is the first time I've
> >seen it with vixie cron.
> >
> >      I have been getting mails with subject/content like this:
> >
> >Subject: Cron <root@penis> est -x /usr/sbin/run-crons && /usr/sbin/run-crons
> >/bin/bash: line 1: est: command not found
> >
> >Subject: Cron <root@penis> m -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.hourly
> >/bin/bash: line 1: m: command not found
> >
> >     The cronjobs causeing this, I assume are:
> >*/10  *  * * *  root    test -x /usr/sbin/run-crons && /usr/sbin/run-crons
> >0  *  * * *     root    rm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.hourly
> >Respectivly.
> >
> >      So it looks like cron is accepting 'root' as the username to run
> >the command as, is doing SOMETHING with the
> >first letter of each command, and running the rest as something
> >seperate.  Does vixie-cron not accept that
> >username-before-command syntax? I noticed that I couldn't find
> >anything mentioning it in `man crontab`  or `man 5
> >crontab`. If so, I am assuming this crontab was installed with the
> >stage3 tarball and not vixiecron?
> >
> >      Anyinsight would be appreciated.
> >
> >Thanks much,
> >Korf
> >
> >
> I'm laughing reading previous answer ...
> try to delete the charachters  "t     t" read it from the last root
> letter to the first test letter and digit it again, whats happen
> (shot in the dark)
> 
> regards francesco
> 
> 
> 
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Re: [gentoo-user] Vixie-Cron Issues

[Adrian CAPDEFIER]

Pe data de Marţi 07 Decembrie 2004 01:23, Korthrun a scris:
> eheheh I wish that was the case! but alas! it is not true.
>
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For a workaround have you tried the commands _rm and _test ?

Adi.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Vixie-Cron Issues

[Aaron Walker]

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Korthrun wrote:
| Heyyas,
|
|       I have been getting these errors with the latest vixie-cron, and
| have noticed similar things in the past with
| other cron daemons, and other systems. This is the first time I've
| seen it with vixie cron.

|
|       I have been getting mails with subject/content like this:
|
| Subject: Cron <root@penis> est -x /usr/sbin/run-crons && /usr/sbin/run-crons
| /bin/bash: line 1: est: command not found
|
| Subject: Cron <root@penis> m -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.hourly
| /bin/bash: line 1: m: command not found
|
|      The cronjobs causeing this, I assume are:
| */10  *  * * *  root    test -x /usr/sbin/run-crons && /usr/sbin/run-crons
| 0  *  * * *     root    rm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.hourly
| Respectivly.
|

Ugh.  You just happened to merge vixie-cron during an ~8 hour period where I
(yes blame me ;p) updated an enhanced version of one of the patches (see bug
73072[1] for the nitty gritty), which unfortunately, caused the first letter of
each command to get chopped.

Because of MTA problems I was unaware of at the time, I didn't get these errors
while testing, and so didnt notice them until I got home from work about 8
hours later.

Long story short, just emerge sync and re-emerge vixie-cron.


|       So it looks like cron is accepting 'root' as the username to run
| the command as, is doing SOMETHING with the
| first letter of each command, and running the rest as something
| seperate.  Does vixie-cron not accept that
| username-before-command syntax? I noticed that I couldn't find
| anything mentioning it in `man crontab`  or `man 5
| crontab`. If so, I am assuming this crontab was installed with the
| stage3 tarball and not vixiecron?

system crontabs (/etc/crontab and anything in /etc/cron.d) require a username
prior to the command.  vixie-cron does indeed install /etc/crontab; just a
screw up on my part :/

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Cheers

[1] http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=73072
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Re: [gentoo-user] Vixie-Cron Issues

[Korthrun]

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Thanks much for the heads up. I just wanted to add for archival
purposes that you do need to stop/start vixie cron
after you do the emerge.

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