Package: cron Version: 3.0pl1-87 Severity: normal Ldap authentication using a remote server and lib_nss occasionally makes all processes that are created by cron hang as "/USR/BIN/CRON". It appears something is wrong with the ldap connection to the ldapserver. The problem is resolved by restarting the remote slapd daemon and the cron daemon on the local machine. All hanging CRON processes then finish normally. Failing to do so will fill up the entrire process table with "/USR/BIN/CRON" processes until the machine hangs or is no longer accesible. After this a reboot is the only option to get the system running again.
-- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.11 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Versions of packages cron depends on: ii adduser 3.63 Add and remove users and groups ii debianutils 2.13.2 Miscellaneous utilities specific t ii libc6 2.3.5-6 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libpam0g 0.76-22 Pluggable Authentication Modules l -- debconf information: * cron/checksecurity: -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
