On Tuesday, March 09, 2004 6:11:41 AM Ruben de Groot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
|>On Mon, Mar 08, 2004 at 06:25:39PM -0500, Gerard Seibert typed: |>> >From time to time, I receive a notification that I have mail in |>> /var/mail/ges. |>> |>> Upon checking, this is what I find: |>> |>> |>> |>> >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Mar 8 18:11:01 2004 |>> Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |>> Received: from BudMan.cable.rcn.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) |>> by BudMan.cable.rcn.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i28NB0Ja029641 |>> for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Mon, 8 Mar 2004 18:11:00 -0500 (EST) |>> (envelope-from [EMAIL PROTECTED]) |>> Received: (from [EMAIL PROTECTED]) |>> by BudMan.cable.rcn.com (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id i28NB0Qo029628; |>> Mon, 8 Mar 2004 18:11:00 -0500 (EST) |>> (envelope-from ges) |>> Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2004 18:11:00 -0500 (EST) |>> Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Cron Daemon) |>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |>> Subject: Cron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> operator /usr/libexec/save-entropy |>> X-Cron-Env: <SHELL=/bin/sh> |>> X-Cron-Env: <PATH=/etc:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin> |>> X-Cron-Env: <HOME=/home/ges> |>> X-Cron-Env: <LOGNAME=ges> |>> X-Cron-Env: <USER=ges> |>> |>> operator: not found |>> |>> >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Mar 8 18:15:01 2004 |>> Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |>> Received: from BudMan.cable.rcn.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) |>> by BudMan.cable.rcn.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i28NF0Ja029878 |>> for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Mon, 8 Mar 2004 18:15:00 -0500 (EST) |>> (envelope-from [EMAIL PROTECTED]) |>> Received: (from [EMAIL PROTECTED]) |>> by BudMan.cable.rcn.com (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id i28NF0pd029876; |>> Mon, 8 Mar 2004 18:15:00 -0500 (EST) |>> (envelope-from ges) |>> Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2004 18:15:00 -0500 (EST) |>> Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Cron Daemon) |>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |>> Subject: Cron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> root /usr/libexec/atrun |>> X-Cron-Env: <SHELL=/bin/sh> |>> X-Cron-Env: <PATH=/etc:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin> |>> X-Cron-Env: <HOME=/home/ges> |>> X-Cron-Env: <LOGNAME=ges> |>> X-Cron-Env: <USER=ges> |>> |>> root: not found |>> |>> You will notice that these times are very close together. Actually, I have |>> received messages with the times varying by only a few seconds. Why am I |>> receiving these messages, and what are they trying to tell me? |> |>It looks like you somehow managed to install the system crontab |>(/etc/crontab) as a users' crontab (/var/cron/tabs/ges). Check the |>output of "crontab -u ges -l". |>In a user crontab there's no column "run as user x", so the usernames |>operator and root are mistaken for commands. |> |>Ruben |> |> |>> Thanks! |>> |>> Gerard Seibert |>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] |>> |>> _______________________________________________ |>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list |>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions |>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ********** Reply Separator ********** Tuesday, March 09, 2004 6:21:44 PM Ya, that was it. I have no idea how I managed that though. I never touch the cron - I have no reason to. Gerard Seibert _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
