Package: cron Version: 3.0pl1-116 Severity: normal
$ sudo /etc/init.d/cron stop Stopping periodic command scheduler: cron. $ sudo /etc/init.d/cron stop Stopping periodic command scheduler: cron failed! However, according to LSB3.1 [1], "running stop on a service already stopped or not running" is to be considered successful [1] http://refspecs.freestandards.org/LSB_3.1.0/LSB-Core-generic/LSB-Core-generic/iniscrptact.html Kevin -- Package-specific info: --- EDITOR: --- usr/bin/editor: /usr/bin/vim.gtk --- /usr/bin/crontab: -rwxr-sr-x 1 root crontab 35040 Dec 18 16:36 /usr/bin/crontab --- /var/spool/cron drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 21 Apr 11 2009 /var/spool/cron --- /var/spool/cron/crontabs drwx-wx--T 2 root crontab 21 Apr 7 08:09 /var/spool/cron/crontabs -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (600, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (400, 'stable'), (300, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.34.8.001 (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.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 3.4.4 Miscellaneous utilities specific t ii dpkg 1.16.0.1 Debian package management system ii libc6 2.11.2-13 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libpam-runtime 1.1.2-2 Runtime support for the PAM librar ii libpam0g 1.1.2-2 Pluggable Authentication Modules l ii libselinux1 2.0.98-1 SELinux runtime shared libraries ii lsb-base 3.2-27 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip Versions of packages cron recommends: ii exim4 4.75-1 metapackage to ease Exim MTA (v4) ii exim4-daemon-light [mail-tran 4.75-1 lightweight Exim MTA (v4) daemon pn lockfile-progs <none> (no description available) 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) ii libpam-mount 2.9-1 PAM module that can mount volumes pn nis <none> (no description available) pn nscd <none> (no description available) -- 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