On Tue, May 29, 2001 at 05:30:13PM -0400, Frank Artusa wrote:
> I have a few web servers running Redhat 6.2 which synchronize via two
> scripts to an rsync server. They run every 5 and 15 minutes through a cron
> job. For many months this worked great until a few days ago when it just
> stopped working. If I run these scripts manually it works fine, which leads
> me to believe its a cron problem. But, cron logs report that these scripts
> execute fine with no errors. Even the rsync server log reports the systems
> establish a connection just fine. Except for a "cant find /etc/pwd.db - no
> such file" which has been in the logs for months as well (i just took over
> this responsibility). I am pretty new to rsync, but i have looked through
> more logs than I can count with no luck. By the way, lock files do not
> exist either. I need help to troubleshoot this problem desperately.
> Thanks,
What is the evidence that it has stopped working?
I suggest putting in an "strace -f -o /tmp/somefile" ahead of the
rsync command in the cron entry and examing the output file to see what
it is doing.
- Dave
