On Wednesday 05 December 2001 11:52 am, Forrest wrote: > The easiest way to check the cron entries in /etc/ for > telnet is to do this: # cd /etc > # grep -r telnet cron* > > This will show the file(s) and the line that contained > the telnet command.
WHOA! What a powerful command! I have been LOOKING for a command to do just this, for a long time now! I *knew* there was a way; and I've been biting back the tears in my bleary, bloodshot eyeballs, trying to find this simple command...everything I tried, was wrong (though I can easily see it in the MAN page now, "hindsight is 20/20" and all that...<sheesh!>) Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! :-) BTW: the command you gave came up with nothing: no reference to "telnet" in any cron file or directory. However, I DID find a reference to logwatch: cron.daily/00-logwatch:# Applied patch submitted by Simon Liddington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. This came up because I was trying to do this: grep -r mon cron* There was no reference to mon as a program, but the word "Simon" did trigger for "mon", fortuitously. Is it possible that logwatch could generate such messages as I have shown in other Emails in this thread? Here is the list of current mail for root (I put in carriage returns between lines to help make it easier to read; you don't have to read the whole list, just get an idea of what is what, there is nothing important at the end of this Email): [root@CX9465-a /root]# mail Mail version 8.1 6/6/93. Type ? for help. "/var/spool/mail/root": 43 messages 1 new 43 unread U 1 root@CX9465-a Tue Dec 4 17:50 25/759 "ALERT servers/telnet: localhost (Tue Dec 4 17:46:12)" U 2 root@CX9465-a Tue Dec 4 18:05 80/6215 "CX9465-a 12/04/01:18.01 system check" U 3 root@CX9465-a Tue Dec 4 19:01 25/759 "ALERT servers/telnet: localhost (Tue Dec 4 18:56:19)" U 4 root@CX9465-a Tue Dec 4 19:05 83/6604 "CX9465-a 12/04/01:19.01 system check" U 5 root@CX9465-a Tue Dec 4 20:05 86/6808 "CX9465-a 12/04/01:20.01 system check" U 6 root@CX9465-a Tue Dec 4 20:11 25/759 "ALERT servers/telnet: localhost (Tue Dec 4 20:06:26)" U 7 root@CX9465-a Tue Dec 4 21:05 88/7053 "CX9465-a 12/04/01:21.01 system check" U 8 root@CX9465-a Tue Dec 4 21:21 25/759 "ALERT servers/telnet: localhost (Tue Dec 4 21:16:33)" U 9 root@CX9465-a Tue Dec 4 22:05 84/6727 "CX9465-a 12/04/01:22.01 system check" U 10 root@CX9465-a Tue Dec 4 22:31 25/759 "ALERT servers/telnet: localhost (Tue Dec 4 22:26:40)" U 11 root@CX9465-a Tue Dec 4 23:05 86/6893 "CX9465-a 12/04/01:23.01 system check" U 12 root@CX9465-a Wed Dec 5 00:05 75/5899 "CX9465-a 12/05/01:00.01 system check" U 13 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Dec 5 01:01 76/6066 "CX9465-a 12/05/01:01.01 system check" U 14 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Dec 5 02:01 73/5790 "CX9465-a 12/05/01:02.01 system check" U 15 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Dec 5 03:01 73/5790 "CX9465-a 12/05/01:03.01 system check" U 16 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Dec 5 04:01 73/5790 "CX9465-a 12/05/01:04.01 system check" U 17 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Dec 5 04:02 26/740 "LogWatch for CX9465-a" U 18 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Dec 5 05:01 71/5624 "CX9465-a 12/05/01:05.01 system check" U 19 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Dec 5 06:01 73/5790 "CX9465-a 12/05/01:06.01 system check" U 20 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Dec 5 07:01 73/5790 "CX9465-a 12/05/01:07.01 system check" U 21 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Dec 5 07:17 25/864 "ALERT servers/telnet: localhost (Wed Dec 5 07:17:34)" U 22 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Dec 5 08:01 82/6570 "CX9465-a 12/05/01:08.01 system check" U 23 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Dec 5 08:27 25/864 "ALERT servers/telnet: localhost (Wed Dec 5 08:27:41)" U 24 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Dec 5 09:01 82/6570 "CX9465-a 12/05/01:09.01 system check" U 25 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Dec 5 09:37 25/864 "ALERT servers/telnet: localhost (Wed Dec 5 09:37:48)" U 26 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Dec 5 10:01 82/6570 "CX9465-a 12/05/01:10.01 system check" U 27 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Dec 5 10:47 25/864 "ALERT servers/telnet: localhost (Wed Dec 5 10:47:55)" U 28 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Dec 5 11:01 82/6570 "CX9465-a 12/05/01:11.01 system check" U 29 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Dec 5 11:58 25/864 "ALERT servers/telnet: localhost (Wed Dec 5 11:58:02)" U 30 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Dec 5 12:01 82/6570 "CX9465-a 12/05/01:12.01 system check" U 31 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Dec 5 13:01 83/6590 "CX9465-a 12/05/01:13.01 system check" U 32 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Dec 5 13:08 25/864 "ALERT servers/telnet: localhost (Wed Dec 5 13:08:09)" U 33 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Dec 5 14:01 84/6730 "CX9465-a 12/05/01:14.01 system check" U 34 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Dec 5 14:18 25/864 "ALERT servers/telnet: localhost (Wed Dec 5 14:18:16)" U 35 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Dec 5 15:01 82/6570 "CX9465-a 12/05/01:15.01 system check" U 36 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Dec 5 15:28 25/864 "ALERT servers/telnet: localhost (Wed Dec 5 15:28:23)" U 37 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Dec 5 16:01 82/6570 "CX9465-a 12/05/01:16.01 system check" U 38 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Dec 5 16:38 25/864 "ALERT servers/telnet: localhost (Wed Dec 5 16:38:30)" U 39 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Dec 5 17:01 82/6570 "CX9465-a 12/05/01:17.01 system check" U 40 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Dec 5 17:48 25/864 "ALERT servers/telnet: localhost (Wed Dec 5 17:48:37)" U 41 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Dec 5 18:01 82/6570 "CX9465-a 12/05/01:18.01 system check" U 42 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Dec 5 18:58 25/864 "ALERT servers/telnet: localhost (Wed Dec 5 18:58:44)" >N 43 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Dec 5 19:01 81/6560 "CX9465-a 12/05/01:19.01 system check" & ===== Any ideas? _______________________________________________ Seawolf-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list
