Am Sonntag, 11. Mai 2014, 10:37:31 schrieb Ron Leach: > List good morning,
Hi Ron, > I do regret asking such a basic question about cron, but I cannot seem > to get rid of what I think is a mis-configured entry, somewhere. > > We have a server running Lenny (still), its role is solely to provide > a network file system. Every 17 mins past the hour, root is sending > an email with this title: > > Cron <root@server4> root cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly > > and content: > > /bin/sh: root: command not found This means that a cron job tries to run the command "root" which does not exist. > In /etc/cron.d there are only files for anacron and mdadm; neither of > these have entries for every 17 mins past the hour. > > In /etc/cron.hourly there is only an empty .placeholder file. > > I've tried commenting out relevant entries in /etc/crontab, but > without effect. /etc/crontab contains: > > # was executing 'root' so commented out; still error messages > # 17 * * * * cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly > > and, as a last resort a couple of days ago: > > # disabled because of multiple error messages in email but no effect > # 17 * * * * root cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly Look into - /etc/cron.d - crontab -l It would not make much sense, but maybe someone added a call to /etc/cron.hourly there. Ciao, -- Martin 'Helios' Steigerwald - http://www.Lichtvoll.de GPG: 03B0 0D6C 0040 0710 4AFA B82F 991B EAAC A599 84C7 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/4503143.MZaMq2lnWk@merkaba
