Randy Barlow wrote:
> Hi all!  So I recently did the mailman upgrade thing, and if you aren't
> aware, the mailman files were moved from /usr/local/mailman to
> /var/lib/mailman and probably other places too.  A real pain to fix.  I
> have mailman working again, but now I'm getting lots and lots of e-mails
> sent to root that say
> 
> Subject:
> Cron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> /usr/bin/python -S /usr/local/mailman/cron/gate_news
> From:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Cron Daemon)
> Date:
> Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:55:01 -0500 (EST)
> To:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
> /usr/bin/python: can't open file '/usr/local/mailman/cron/gate_news':
> [Errno 2] No such file or directory
> 
> Now, /usr/local/mailman doesn't exist anymore, but I can't figure out
> what process is trying to execute /usr/bin/python -S
> /usr/local/mailman/cron/gate_news.  crontab -u mailman -l doesn't show
> any such entry, and I don't see it in any of the /etc/cron.* folders.
> How can I find out why this command is executed (and frequently so!)?
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> Randy Barlow
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try a "grep -ri gate_news" in
/var/spool/cron/
and while you're at it, check /etc/crontab too.
Cron has one of the most decentralized conf file groups out there...
/etc/cron.*, /etc/crontab, /var/spool/cron ... others?  probably.

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