Re: Strange 'su' error messages

2004-01-16 Thread Teun Vink
On Thursday, January 15, 2004 5:17 PM [GMT+1=CET], Barak Korren [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ian Brayshaw wrote: On Tuesday 13 January 2004 9:29 am, Christian Schuerer wrote: Since updating my debian server yesterday I get the following error messages every hour (generated by logcheck): Jan

Re: Strange 'su' error messages

2004-01-16 Thread Bill Marcum
On Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 10:29:10AM +0100, Christian Schuerer wrote: Hello! Since updating my debian server yesterday I get the following error messages every hour (generated by logcheck): Jan 13 00:05:01 asterix su[2102]: + ??? root:bin Today there is even an additional line:

Re: Strange 'su' error messages

2004-01-16 Thread Teun Vink
On Thursday, January 15, 2004 5:17 PM [GMT+1=CET], Barak Korren [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ian Brayshaw wrote: On Tuesday 13 January 2004 9:29 am, Christian Schuerer wrote: Since updating my debian server yesterday I get the following error messages every hour (generated by logcheck): Jan

Re: Strange 'su' error messages

2004-01-16 Thread Bill Marcum
On Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 10:29:10AM +0100, Christian Schuerer wrote: Hello! Since updating my debian server yesterday I get the following error messages every hour (generated by logcheck): Jan 13 00:05:01 asterix su[2102]: + ??? root:bin Today there is even an additional line:

Re: Strange 'su' error messages

2004-01-15 Thread Barak Korren
Ian Brayshaw wrote: On Tuesday 13 January 2004 9:29 am, Christian Schuerer wrote: Since updating my debian server yesterday I get the following error messages every hour (generated by logcheck): Jan 13 06:25:01 asterix su[5741]: + ??? root:nobody I now get similar messages in my logs

Re: Strange 'su' error messages - riddle solved

2004-01-15 Thread Barak Korren
Yes, 'su' isn't called in the cron files, it's used to run the commands in the cron files as the specified user. So for example, my /etc/cron.d/mrtg contains: 0-55/5 ** * * rootif [ -x /usr/bin/mrtg ] [ -r /etc/mrtg.cfg ]; then /usr/bin/mrtg /etc/mrtg.cfg /var/log/mrtg/mrtg.log;

Re: Strange 'su' error messages

2004-01-15 Thread Barak Korren
Ian Brayshaw wrote: On Tuesday 13 January 2004 9:29 am, Christian Schuerer wrote: Since updating my debian server yesterday I get the following error messages every hour (generated by logcheck): Jan 13 06:25:01 asterix su[5741]: + ??? root:nobody I now get similar messages in my

Re: Strange 'su' error messages - riddle solved

2004-01-15 Thread Barak Korren
Yes, 'su' isn't called in the cron files, it's used to run the commands in the cron files as the specified user. So for example, my /etc/cron.d/mrtg contains: 0-55/5 ** * * rootif [ -x /usr/bin/mrtg ] [ -r /etc/mrtg.cfg ]; then /usr/bin/mrtg /etc/mrtg.cfg

Strange 'su' error messages

2004-01-13 Thread Christian Schuerer
Hello! Since updating my debian server yesterday I get the following error messages every hour (generated by logcheck): Jan 13 00:05:01 asterix su[2102]: + ??? root:bin Today there is even an additional line: Jan 13 06:05:01 asterix su[5684]: + ??? root:bin Jan 13 06:25:01 asterix

Re: Strange 'su' error messages

2004-01-13 Thread Teun Vink
On Tue, 2004-01-13 at 10:29, Christian Schuerer wrote: Hello! Since updating my debian server yesterday I get the following error messages every hour (generated by logcheck): Jan 13 00:05:01 asterix su[2102]: + ??? root:bin Today there is even an additional line: Jan 13

Re: Strange 'su' error messages

2004-01-13 Thread Ian Brayshaw
On Tuesday 13 January 2004 9:29 am, Christian Schuerer wrote: Since updating my debian server yesterday I get the following error messages every hour (generated by logcheck): Jan 13 06:25:01 asterix su[5741]: + ??? root:nobody I now get similar messages in my logs after a recent upgrade of

Strange 'su' error messages

2004-01-13 Thread Christian Schuerer
Hello! Since updating my debian server yesterday I get the following error messages every hour (generated by logcheck): Jan 13 00:05:01 asterix su[2102]: + ??? root:bin Today there is even an additional line: Jan 13 06:05:01 asterix su[5684]: + ??? root:bin Jan 13 06:25:01 asterix

Re: Strange 'su' error messages

2004-01-13 Thread Ian Brayshaw
On Tuesday 13 January 2004 9:29 am, Christian Schuerer wrote: Since updating my debian server yesterday I get the following error messages every hour (generated by logcheck): Jan 13 06:25:01 asterix su[5741]: + ??? root:nobody I now get similar messages in my logs after a recent upgrade of