Your message dated Sun, 15 Apr 2012 22:35:13 +0200
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and subject line Re: Bug#668784: "su: Authentication failure\n(Ignored)" error
message when from cron job
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regarding "su: Authentication failure\n(Ignored)" error message when from cron
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Package: popularity-contest
Version: 1.53
Severity: normal
Hi,
When popularity-contest cron job runs I get an error message:
su: Authentication failure
(Ignored)
adding "set -x" to the script reveals that the line responsible is:
su -s /bin/sh -c /usr/sbin/popularity-contest nobody
When run manually it doesn't exist straight away after the error message
so I presume that popularity-contest actually finishes its job, i.e.
SUBMITTED=no changes to SUBMITTED=yes.
Give me a shout if you need me to do any more testing.
Regards,
rjc
-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1,
'experimental')
Architecture: powerpc (ppc)
Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-2-powerpc
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 popularity-contest depends on:
ii cdebconf [debconf-2.0] 0.160
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.42
ii dpkg 1.16.2
Versions of packages popularity-contest recommends:
ii cron 3.0pl1-121
ii masqmail [mail-transport-agent] 0.2.30-1
Versions of packages popularity-contest suggests:
ii anacron 2.3-17
-- debconf-show failed
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--- Begin Message ---
On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 03:55:14AM +0100, Raf Czlonka wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 08:35:17PM BST, Bill Allombert wrote:
> > Hello Raf,
>
> Hi Bill,
>
> Thanks for a quick response.
>
> > Do you know why 'su' complains ?
>
> Initially I didn't and since it was the only occurrence I've seen on my
> system I assumed it was caused by popularity-contest itself.
>
> > Does
> > su -s /bin/sh -c /usr/sbin/popularity-contest nobody
> > fail ?
>
> Well, it generates that error message but it seems like it works.
>
> > Does
> > su -s /bin/sh -c /bin/ls nobody
> > work ?
>
> It was with the error message but did work.
>
> Eventually I tracked it down - well, I think so anyway ;^)
> I've managed to get rid of the message at least, and probably its
> original cause.
>
> Adding user "nobody" to /etc/shadow file fixed the issue.
OK, so I am closing this bug report.
If you happen to find out how nobody disappeared, please tell me, this can
be useful to other people.
Thanks for using popularity-contest!
--
Bill. <[email protected]>
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