From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D34B2138E66 for ; Tue, 25 Feb 2014 17:23:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 450B8E0AE7; Tue, 25 Feb 2014 17:23:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 55F49E0AC8 for ; Tue, 25 Feb 2014 17:23:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC38D33F81E for ; Tue, 25 Feb 2014 17:22:59 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at gentoo.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -1.017 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.017 tagged_above=-999 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-2.216, DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED=0.001, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, NML_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED=1.2, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001] autolearn=no Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([IPv6:::ffff:127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [IPv6:::ffff:127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id gxLQ4dmrcJSl for ; Tue, 25 Feb 2014 17:22:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E478A33F9D2 for ; Tue, 25 Feb 2014 17:22:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WILiS-000050-Rp for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Tue, 25 Feb 2014 18:22:48 +0100 Received: from dsl.comtrol.com ([64.122.56.22]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 25 Feb 2014 18:22:48 +0100 Received: from grant.b.edwards by dsl.comtrol.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 25 Feb 2014 18:22:48 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Grant Edwards Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: vixie cron: PAM ERROR Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2014 17:22:24 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: dsl.comtrol.com User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Linux) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Archives-Salt: c8b41a89-a897-41d0-a4cd-3899c6fae8c1 X-Archives-Hash: 3c901a8fc757e00c989f869e359c7ee3 On 2014-02-25, Grant Edwards wrote: > On a newly installed system, I'm getting error messages from vixie cron > about PAM authentication errors: > > Feb 25 09:52:01 alpha crond[23085]: (root) PAM ERROR (Authentication failure) > Feb 25 09:52:01 alpha crond[23085]: (root) FAILED to authorize user with PAM (Authentication failure) Doh! That's not vixie-cron, that's chronie. > Feb 25 09:53:01 alpha cron[23118]: (root) CMD (echo "cron ran at $(date)" >>/tmp/cron.out) That's vixie-cron, and it's perfectly happy. I initially installed chronie (since that's what's shown in the handbook). When I couldn't get it working, I removed it and emerged vixie-cron (which I've never had any trouble with). I forgot to stop chronie before I uninstalled it. -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! I think my career at is ruined! gmail.com