This happens when a program is launched in a directory and that
program has no x wrights on all of the the directoryes up from it to / .
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On Mon, 6 Apr 1998, Antonomasia wrote:
> kgibson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> > Everyday, I get email (for root) after it's cron.daily job, here it is:
>
> > Subject: Cron <root@wily-a-075> run-parts /etc/cron.daily
>
> > shell-init: could not get current directory: getwd: cannot access parent
> > directories
> > job-working-directory: could not get current directory: getwd: cannot
> > access parent directories
>
> I think I've seen this (or something very similar) answered on this list
> saying / has not got perm 755. (So jobs run by nobody cannot getcwd.)
>
> Anyway matching the time of these emails to the contents of your cron files
> shouldn't be beyond the wit of someone smart enough to use Red Hat.
>
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