On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 12:00 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Send rhelv5-list mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list
> Hello, > Our Oracle environment is running on a cluster of redhat boxes. Each > node is running Redhat 5, x86_64. We are having a problem with our > crontab tasks. No job seems to be running. Even root?s crontab jobs > fail to execute. When I look at /var/log/cron the following lines are > listed over and over: > > Jul 16 13:01:01 server1 crond[1632]: Bad item passed to pam_*_item() > Jul 16 13:01:01 server1 crond[1632]: CRON (root) ERROR: failed to > open PAM security session: Success > Jul 16 13:01:01 server1 crond[1632]: CRON (root) ERROR: cannot > set security context > > I can?t seem to isolate this issue. Some other interesting points > that may be related: > > * SE Linux is disabled > * No cron.allow file exists. > * The cron.deny file is empty > * The installed cron packages are: > > anacron.x86_64 2.3-45.0.1.el5 > crontabs.noarch 1.10-8 > vixie-cron.x86_64 4:4.1-77.el5_4.1 > > * The installed pam packages are: > > pam.i386 0.99.6.2-6.el5_5.2 > installed > pam.x86_64 0.99.6.2-6.el5_5.2 > installed > pam_ccreds.i386 3-5 > installed > pam_ccreds.x86_64 3-5 > installed > pam_krb5.i386 2.2.14-18.el5 > installed > pam_krb5.x86_64 2.2.14-18.el5 > installed > pam_passwdqc.i386 1.0.2-1.2.2 > installed > pam_passwdqc.x86_64 1.0.2-1.2.2 > installed > pam_pkcs11.i386 0.5.3-23 > installed > pam_pkcs11.x86_64 0.5.3-23 > installed > pam_smb.i386 1.1.7-7.2.1 > installed > pam_smb.x86_64 1.1.7-7.2.1 > installed > > * The contents of /etc/pam.d/cron is: > # > # The PAM configuration file for the cron daemon > # > # > > auth sufficient pam_env.so > auth required pam_rootok.so > auth include system-auth > account required pam_access.so > account include system-auth > session required pam_loginuid.so > session include system-auth > /etc/pam.d/crond (END) > > * Around the time cron stopped working the following entries started > appearing in /var/log/secure: > Jul 6 20:40:01 dbtc01 crond[15916]: pam_env(crond:setcred): > pam_putenv: delete non-existent entry; . $AW_HOME/site/sosite > Jul 6 20:40:01 dbtc01 crond[15916]: pam_env(crond:setcred): > pam_putenv: delete non-existent entry; . $AW_HOME/site/sosite > > Any insight is appreciated! Thank you for your assistance. > > David > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2011 22:23:45 +0200 > From: Alexander Dalloz <[email protected]> > To: "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (Tikanga) discussion mailing-list" > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [rhelv5-list] crontab jobs not running > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 > > Am 16.07.2011 21:05, schrieb David D: >> Hello, >> Our Oracle environment is running on a cluster of redhat boxes. Each >> node is running Redhat 5, x86_64. We are having a problem with our >> crontab tasks. No job seems to be running. Even root?s crontab jobs >> fail to execute. When I look at /var/log/cron the following lines are >> listed over and over: >> >> Jul 16 13:01:01 server1 crond[1632]: Bad item passed to pam_*_item() >> Jul 16 13:01:01 server1 crond[1632]: CRON (root) ERROR: failed to >> open PAM security session: Success >> Jul 16 13:01:01 server1 crond[1632]: CRON (root) ERROR: cannot >> set security context > > Did someone play with /etc/security/access.conf or is that still default? > > rpm -V pam > >> Any insight is appreciated! Thank you for your assistance. >> >> David Take a look at /var/log/secure also. It might tell you what pam is blocking. Cheers, Win _______________________________________________ rhelv5-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list
