Package: cron Version: 3.0pl1-116 Severity: normal
(Excuse me for my bad English) I try to use cron for turn off my computer at specified time. I have the shutdown command: root@fc3:/var/log# whereis shutdown shutdown: /sbin/shutdown /usr/share/man/man2/shutdown.2.gz /usr/share/man/man8/shutdown.8.gz I wrote it into /etc/crontab: 00 21 * * * root /sbin/shutdown I get an error message in system log in place of turning off machine: Feb 14 21:00:01 fc3 /usr/sbin/cron[1668]: (*system*) RELOAD (/etc/crontab) Feb 14 21:00:01 fc3 /USR/SBIN/CRON[2941]: (root) CMD (/sbin/shutdown) Feb 14 21:00:01 fc3 /USR/SBIN/CRON[2939]: (CRON) error (grandchild #2941 failed with exit status 1) Feb 14 21:00:01 fc3 /USR/SBIN/CRON[2939]: (CRON) info (No MTA installed, discar ding output) It is very possible that I am not understand something in GNU/Linux. But IMHO such things should just work without additional tricks and magic. -- Package-specific info: --- EDITOR: not set --- usr/bin/editor: /bin/nano --- /usr/bin/crontab: -rwxr-sr-x 1 root crontab 30248 Dec 19 02:46 /usr/bin/crontab --- /var/spool/cron drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Feb 5 17:48 /var/spool/cron --- /var/spool/cron/crontabs drwx-wx--T 2 root crontab 4096 Dec 19 02:46 /var/spool/cron/crontabs -- System Information: Debian Release: 6.0 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-2-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=ru_RU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=ru_RU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages cron depends on: ii adduser 3.112+nmu2 add and remove users and groups ii debianutils 3.4 Miscellaneous utilities specific t ii dpkg 1.15.8.10 Debian package management system ii libc6 2.11.2-10 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libpam-runtime 1.1.1-6.1 Runtime support for the PAM librar ii libpam0g 1.1.1-6.1 Pluggable Authentication Modules l ii libselinux1 2.0.96-1 SELinux runtime shared libraries ii lsb-base 3.2-23.2squeeze1 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip Versions of packages cron recommends: pn exim4 | postfix | mail-transp <none> (no description available) ii lockfile-progs 0.1.15 Programs for locking and unlocking Versions of packages cron suggests: ii anacron 2.3-14 cron-like program that doesn't go pn checksecurity <none> (no description available) ii logrotate 3.7.8-6 Log rotation utility Versions of packages cron is related to: pn libnss-ldap <none> (no description available) pn libnss-ldapd <none> (no description available) pn libpam-ldap <none> (no description available) pn libpam-mount <none> (no description available) pn nis <none> (no description available) pn nscd <none> (no description available) -- Configuration Files: /etc/crontab changed: SHELL=/bin/sh PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin 17 * * * * root cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly 25 6 * * * root test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily ) 47 6 * * 7 root test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.weekly ) 52 6 1 * * root test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.monthly ) 00 21 * * * root /sbin/shutdown -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
