Hi, I've seen this error with a cluster using the CD version of Oscar (i.e. version 2.3.1 with mandrake 9.2) I think I traced the problem back to the c3 commands. These need the USER environment variable set to be able to push files to the slave nodes (as, from memory, only root can push files). This variable is not set for the cron user which has a fairly restricted set of environment variables.
A simple way I found to get around this was to execute a script rather than a command from the crontab. This script then exports the USER variable before executing any cpush or cexec commands. Hope this helps in some way, Rich On Tue, 2004-06-01 at 22:05, Randy Philipp wrote: > I am using vixie-cron-3.0.1-74, the stock cron daemon from RedHat 9 and > sync_users-oscar-1.5-5, the version of sync_user with Oscar 3.0. The > problem I get is that sync_user will not sync accounts across the cluster. > sync_user errors out with a complaint about "USER" environment variable > not set. You can see the error if you pipe the output of sync_user to a > file intead of /dev/null. > > Randy > > On Tue, 1 Jun 2004, Jason Brechin wrote: > > > I have not seen this problem using the cron supplied with RedHat 8.0 or > > 9. What errors are you getting when the USER variable isn't set? What > > version of sync_users are you using? > > > > Jason > > > > On Mon, 2004-05-24 at 09:18, Randy Philipp wrote: > > > I have run into the problem that vixie-cron-3.0.1-74 on RedHat 9 is not > > > setting USER environment variable when running the sync_user cron job. > > > This breaks sync_user, and it will not work. It works fine if you run it > > > by hand. Has anyone else run into this problem on RedHat 9? > > > > > > The current fix I have put in place it modify sync_user to use the > > > following cron entry: > > > > > > */15 * * * * root USER=$LOGNAME /opt/opium/bin/sync_users >/dev/null 2>&1 > > > > > > In sync_user, be sure to change the definition of $cronline to the > > > following: > > > > > > $cronline = "*/$crondelay * * * * root USER=\$LOGNAME > > > /opt/opium/bin/sync_users >/dev/null 2>&1\n"; > > > > > > This is line 120 of sync_user. > > > > > > Hope someone finds this useful. > > > > > > Randy > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Oracle 10g > > > Get certified on the hottest thing ever to hit the market... Oracle 10g. > > > Take an Oracle 10g class now, and we'll give you the exam FREE. > > > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=3149&alloc_id=8166&op=click > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Oscar-users mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oscar-users > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the new InstallShield X. > >From Windows to Linux, servers to mobile, InstallShield X is the one > installation-authoring solution that does it all. Learn more and > evaluate today! http://www.installshield.com/Dev2Dev/0504 > _______________________________________________ > Oscar-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oscar-users ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the new InstallShield X. >From Windows to Linux, servers to mobile, InstallShield X is the one installation-authoring solution that does it all. Learn more and evaluate today! http://www.installshield.com/Dev2Dev/0504 _______________________________________________ Oscar-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oscar-users
