Re: [newbie] cron error
On Wednesday 01 Oct 2003 3:04 pm, Derek Jennings wrote: On Wednesday 01 Oct 2003 1:13 am, L.V.Gandhi wrote: I get following error. Sep 30 05:29:02 lvghomepc anacron[1507]: Job `cron.daily' started Sep 30 05:29:02 lvghomepc anacron[1770]: Updated timestamp for job `cron.daily' to 2003-09-30 Sep 30 05:29:51 lvghomepc anacron[1507]: Job `cron.daily' terminated (exit status: 1) (mailing output) I think exit status 1 indicates error. Where this mailed output goes. It goes to the email address (or users mail spool file) listed in the MAILTO= parameter in /etc/crontab If you want it to go to an email address then you must either be running a mail server to have the ssmtp RPM installed to forward the mail to a mail server. (Config file in /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf ) I have installed postfix. it is shown also as below. Oct 7 05:04:07 lvghomepc postfix: Starting postfix: Oct 7 05:04:10 lvghomepc postfix: succeeded Oct 7 05:04:10 lvghomepc postfix: ^[[65G[^[[1;32m Oct 7 05:04:10 lvghomepc postfix: Oct 7 05:04:10 lvghomepc rc: Starting postfix: succeeded Now error from anacron has gone. I feel this si because it can send output to root as in [EMAIL PROTECTED] security]# cat /etc/crontab SHELL=/bin/bash PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin MAILTO=root HOME=/ # run-parts 01 * * * * root nice -n 19 run-parts /etc/cron.hourly 02 4 * * * root nice -n 19 run-parts /etc/cron.daily 22 4 * * 0 root nice -n 19 run-parts /etc/cron.weekly 42 4 1 * * root nice -n 19 run-parts /etc/cron.monthly but the cron.daily exit status shows error. Oct 7 05:09:24 lvghomepc anacron[1608]: Job `cron.daily' started Oct 7 05:09:24 lvghomepc anacron[1851]: Updated timestamp for job `cron.daily' to 2003-10-07 Oct 7 05:10:15 lvghomepc anacron[1608]: Job `cron.daily' terminated (exit status: 1) (mailing output) Oct 7 05:10:15 lvghomepc anacron[1608]: Normal exit (1 jobs run) But mail in root prompt shows no mail for root. How to find reason for exit status 1. -- L.V.Gandhi 203, Soundaryalahari Apartments, Lawsons Bay colony, Visakhapatnam, 530017 MECON, 5th Floor, RTC Complex, Visakhapatnam AP 530020 INDIA http://lvgandhi.tripod.com/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] cron error
I don't know about the cron error, but regarding the mail output, man cron says: When executing commands, any output is mailed to the owner of the crontab (or to the user named in the MAILTO environment variable in the crontab, if such exists). Naturally, there must be a mailer deamon running (sendmail or other) for that to work. Sorry if I state the obvious. raffaele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I get following error. Sep 30 05:29:02 lvghomepc anacron[1507]: Job `cron.daily' started Sep 30 05:29:02 lvghomepc anacron[1770]: Updated timestamp for job `cron.daily' to 2003-09-30 Sep 30 05:29:51 lvghomepc anacron[1507]: Job `cron.daily' terminated (exit status: 1) (mailing output) Oct 1 05:26:29 lvghomepc anacron[1480]: Job `cron.daily' started Oct 1 05:26:29 lvghomepc anacron[1892]: Updated timestamp for job `cron.daily' to 2003-10-01 Oct 1 05:26:30 lvghomepc ADVXctl: httpd -HUP succeeded Oct 1 05:26:33 lvghomepc last message repeated 11 times Oct 1 05:28:04 lvghomepc su(pam_unix)[6800]: session opened for user root by lvgandhi(uid=501) Oct 1 05:28:15 lvghomepc anacron[1480]: Job `cron.daily' terminated (exit status: 1) (mailing output) but var/log/cron shows no errors as given below and root also didn't show any mail . [EMAIL PROTECTED] lvgandhi]# cd /var/log/cron/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] cron]# l total 10 drwxr-xr-x2 root root 120 Sep 28 02:24 ./ drwxr-xr-x 12 root root 1152 Oct 1 05:26 ../ -rw-r-1 root root0 Sep 28 02:24 errors -rw-r-1 root root 6351 Oct 1 05:28 info -rw-r-1 root root0 Sep 28 02:24 warnings [EMAIL PROTECTED] cron]# tail info Sep 30 21:01:00 lvghomepc CROND[3262]: (root) CMD (nice -n 19 run-parts /etc/cron.hourly) Sep 30 21:08:13 lvghomepc crond[1475]: (CRON) STARTUP (fork ok) Sep 30 21:08:17 lvghomepc anacron[1533]: Anacron 2.3 started on 2003-09-30 Sep 30 21:08:18 lvghomepc anacron[1533]: Normal exit (0 jobs run) Oct 1 05:21:24 lvghomepc crond[1425]: (CRON) STARTUP (fork ok) Oct 1 05:21:29 lvghomepc anacron[1480]: Anacron 2.3 started on 2003-10-01 Oct 1 05:21:29 lvghomepc anacron[1480]: Will run job `cron.daily' in 5 min. Oct 1 05:26:29 lvghomepc anacron[1480]: Job `cron.daily' started Oct 1 05:26:29 lvghomepc anacron[1892]: Updated timestamp for job `cron.daily' to 2003-10-01 Oct 1 05:28:15 lvghomepc anacron[1480]: Job `cron.daily' terminated (exit status: 1) (mailing output) I think exit status 1 indicates error. Where this mailed output goes. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] cron error
On Wednesday 01 Oct 2003 1:13 am, L.V.Gandhi wrote: I get following error. Sep 30 05:29:02 lvghomepc anacron[1507]: Job `cron.daily' started Sep 30 05:29:02 lvghomepc anacron[1770]: Updated timestamp for job `cron.daily' to 2003-09-30 Sep 30 05:29:51 lvghomepc anacron[1507]: Job `cron.daily' terminated (exit status: 1) (mailing output) I think exit status 1 indicates error. Where this mailed output goes. It goes to the email address (or users mail spool file) listed in the MAILTO= parameter in /etc/crontab If you want it to go to an email address then you must either be running a mail server to have the ssmtp RPM installed to forward the mail to a mail server. (Config file in /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf ) derek -- -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] cron error
I get following error. Sep 30 05:29:02 lvghomepc anacron[1507]: Job `cron.daily' started Sep 30 05:29:02 lvghomepc anacron[1770]: Updated timestamp for job `cron.daily' to 2003-09-30 Sep 30 05:29:51 lvghomepc anacron[1507]: Job `cron.daily' terminated (exit status: 1) (mailing output) Oct 1 05:26:29 lvghomepc anacron[1480]: Job `cron.daily' started Oct 1 05:26:29 lvghomepc anacron[1892]: Updated timestamp for job `cron.daily' to 2003-10-01 Oct 1 05:26:30 lvghomepc ADVXctl: httpd -HUP succeeded Oct 1 05:26:33 lvghomepc last message repeated 11 times Oct 1 05:28:04 lvghomepc su(pam_unix)[6800]: session opened for user root by lvgandhi(uid=501) Oct 1 05:28:15 lvghomepc anacron[1480]: Job `cron.daily' terminated (exit status: 1) (mailing output) but var/log/cron shows no errors as given below and root also didn't show any mail . [EMAIL PROTECTED] lvgandhi]# cd /var/log/cron/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] cron]# l total 10 drwxr-xr-x2 root root 120 Sep 28 02:24 ./ drwxr-xr-x 12 root root 1152 Oct 1 05:26 ../ -rw-r-1 root root0 Sep 28 02:24 errors -rw-r-1 root root 6351 Oct 1 05:28 info -rw-r-1 root root0 Sep 28 02:24 warnings [EMAIL PROTECTED] cron]# tail info Sep 30 21:01:00 lvghomepc CROND[3262]: (root) CMD (nice -n 19 run-parts /etc/cron.hourly) Sep 30 21:08:13 lvghomepc crond[1475]: (CRON) STARTUP (fork ok) Sep 30 21:08:17 lvghomepc anacron[1533]: Anacron 2.3 started on 2003-09-30 Sep 30 21:08:18 lvghomepc anacron[1533]: Normal exit (0 jobs run) Oct 1 05:21:24 lvghomepc crond[1425]: (CRON) STARTUP (fork ok) Oct 1 05:21:29 lvghomepc anacron[1480]: Anacron 2.3 started on 2003-10-01 Oct 1 05:21:29 lvghomepc anacron[1480]: Will run job `cron.daily' in 5 min. Oct 1 05:26:29 lvghomepc anacron[1480]: Job `cron.daily' started Oct 1 05:26:29 lvghomepc anacron[1892]: Updated timestamp for job `cron.daily' to 2003-10-01 Oct 1 05:28:15 lvghomepc anacron[1480]: Job `cron.daily' terminated (exit status: 1) (mailing output) I think exit status 1 indicates error. Where this mailed output goes. -- L.V.Gandhi 203, Soundaryalahari Apartments, Lawsons Bay colony, Visakhapatnam, 530017 MECON, 5th Floor, RTC Complex, Visakhapatnam AP 530020 INDIA http://lvgandhi.tripod.com/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] cron error message
thankyou very much, bascule On Friday 01 December 2000 4:38 pm, you wrote: On Fri, 1 Dec 2000, bascule wrote: I figured that one out. In /etc/cron.daily there's a file called htdig-dbgen. Just chmod -x that and it's over with the messages. Paul hi, i am getting the message below regularly, i would be grateful if someone could tell me if it is serious and how i might fix it? DB2 problem...: missing or empty key value specified
[newbie] cron error message
hi, i am getting the message below regularly, i would be grateful if someone could tell me if it is serious and how i might fix it? bascule Subject: Cron root@mycroft run-parts /etc/cron.daily X-Cron-Env: SHELL=/bin/bash X-Cron-Env: PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin X-Cron-Env: MAILTO=root X-Cron-Env: HOME=/ X-Cron-Env: LOGNAME=root Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 04:04:47 + (GMT) DB2 problem...: missing or empty key value specified
Re: [newbie] cron error message
On Fri, 1 Dec 2000, bascule wrote: I figured that one out. In /etc/cron.daily there's a file called htdig-dbgen. Just chmod -x that and it's over with the messages. Paul hi, i am getting the message below regularly, i would be grateful if someone could tell me if it is serious and how i might fix it? bascule Subject: Cron root@mycroft run-parts /etc/cron.daily X-Cron-Env: SHELL=/bin/bash X-Cron-Env: PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin X-Cron-Env: MAILTO=root X-Cron-Env: HOME=/ X-Cron-Env: LOGNAME=root Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 04:04:47 + (GMT) DB2 problem...: missing or empty key value specified -- God must love crazy people. He made so many of them! http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Pine 4.30
RE: [newbie] cron error
If you look at slocate.cron in a text editor you will notice that the last '}' is on a line by itself. Go to the last '}' and do a backspace to bring it back up to its proper line. If that doesn't work you'll have to open slocate.cron with the hex editor. If you are using the hex editor, replace the 0A that appears just in front of the '}' with 20 (space). That should resolve the issue for sure. When you are done you should only have the slocate.cron file. If you have a slocate.cron~ file get rid of it. Ken Wilson First Law of Optimization: The speed of a nonworking program is irrelevant (Steve Heller, 'Efficient C/C++ Programming') -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of JK Sent: Saturday, September 04, 1999 11:44 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] cron error Every time cron runs the below thing is what is sent to the root user. I logged on as root to install a new rpm I downloaded and it said I had mail. I checked mail and 8 messages were based on this error. Any clue how to fix the error? /usr/bin/news.daily: /var/lib/news/.news.daily: Permission denied /etc/cron.daily/slocate.cron: line 6: syntax error: unexpected end of file Thanks in advance John
RE: [newbie] cron error
On Sun, 5 Sep 1999, Ken Wilson wrote: If you look at slocate.cron in a text editor you will notice that the last '}' is on a line by itself. Go to the last '}' and do a backspace to bring it back up to its proper line. If that doesn't work you'll have to open slocate.cron with the hex editor. If you are using the hex editor, replace the 0A that appears just in front of the '}' with 20 (space). That should resolve the issue for sure. When you are done you should only have the slocate.cron file. If you have a slocate.cron~ file get rid of it. Ken Wilson First Law of Optimization: The speed of a nonworking program is irrelevant (Steve Heller, 'Efficient C/C++ Programming') -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of JK Sent: Saturday, September 04, 1999 11:44 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] cron error Every time cron runs the below thing is what is sent to the root user. I logged on as root to install a new rpm I downloaded and it said I had mail. I checked mail and 8 messages were based on this error. Any clue how to fix the error? /usr/bin/news.daily: /var/lib/news/.news.daily: Permission denied touch /var/lib/news/.news.daily chown news:news /var/lib/news/.news.daily /etc/cron.daily/slocate.cron: line 6: syntax error: unexpected end of file Thanks in advance John -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
[newbie] cron error
Every time cron runs the below thing is what is sent to the root user. I logged on as root to install a new rpm I downloaded and it said I had mail. I checked mail and 8 messages were based on this error. Any clue how to fix the error? /usr/bin/news.daily: /var/lib/news/.news.daily: Permission denied /etc/cron.daily/slocate.cron: line 6: syntax error: unexpected end of file Thanks in advance John
