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and subject line Re: Bug#613422: cron can't run /sbin/shutdown command
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--- Begin Message ---
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
--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message ---
Shutdown requires a "time" argument; just "shutdown" probably fails
from crontab the same way it fails from an interactive shell:
$ sudo shutdown
Usage: shutdown [-akrhHPfnc] [-t secs] time [warning message]
[...]
$ echo $?
1
Justin
On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 09:13:58PM +0300, sergey wrote:
> 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.
--- End Message ---
