On Wed, 13 Sep 2000, ahmad wrote:
>I get some mail from cron daemon. Here's the mail :
>
>From : Cron Daemon ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
>To : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject : Cron ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) run-parts /etc/cron.hourly
>
>Can't open /var/run/news/shlock5334 permission denied.
>
>And I get another mail, which tell me like that. But the file are different,
>like shlock1748, 3510, and 3711. If I check those files, it doesn't exist.
>Anyone can help me ? Please.
The message is exactly what happens. CRON tries to execute files from the
/etc/cron.hourly directory. All files in there will be executed every
hour. Best to su to root and check what is in your /etc/cron.hourly
directory. If you can locate the files that refer to the non-existing
files, better delete those from /etc/cron.hourly
Paul
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