Package: cron Version: 3.0pl1-102 Severity: normal Hello.
localhost:~# ps aux | grep cron root 14394 0.0 0.0 2400 688 pts/0 R+ 12:54 0:00 grep cron localhost:~# /etc/init.d/cron start Starting periodic command scheduler: crond. localhost:~# ps aux | grep cron root 14478 0.0 0.0 2972 972 ? Ss 12:54 0:00 /usr/sbin/cron root 14502 0.0 0.0 2400 696 pts/0 S+ 12:54 0:00 grep cron localhost:~# /etc/init.d/cron stop Stopping periodic command scheduler: crond failed! localhost:~#ps aux | grep cron root 14478 0.0 0.0 2972 972 ? Ss 12:54 0:00 /usr/sbin/cron root 17036 0.0 0.0 2400 696 pts/0 S+ 12:58 0:00 grep cron localhost:~#cat /var/run/crond.pid 14478 localhost:~# The problem is that cron has probably hardcoded pidfile as /var/run/crond.pid and ignores --pidfile argument that start-stop-daemon tries to pass it. Thus whenever cron is started it creates /var/run/crond.pid, but during shutdown it searches for /var/run/cron.pid. The solution is either change PIDFILE variable in /etc/init.d/cron or make cron able to use some variable passed to it instead of hardcoded value. regards fEnIo -- ,''`. Bartosz Fenski | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | pgp:0x13fefc40 | irc:fEnIo : :' : 32-050 Skawina - Glowackiego 3/15 - malopolskie v. - Poland `. `' phone:+48602383548 | proud Debian maintainer and user `- http://fenski.pl | xmpp:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | rlu:172001
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