cron mail problem solved
Why do I become so clever AFTER asking for help? Anyhow, I have solved the cron not sending email problem. The cron log file contains lines like this NSSWITCH(nss_method_lookup): nis, group_compat, setgrent, not found which when searched for produces the page at http://www.ivorde.ro/FreeBSD_Cron__NSSWITCH_nss_method_lookup_errors- 44.html So I have edited my /etc/nsswitch.conf to have group: files password: files (instead of 'compat') and now it works again. I guess I must have installed that file in the upgrade during my glazed mergemaster phase of 'esc i enter' to install all those files whose only difference is the $Id$ tag (why do they bother?) -- DA Fo rsythNetwork Supervisor Principal Technical Officer -- Institute for Water Research http://www.ru.ac.za/institutes/iwr/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: cron mail problem solved
On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 11:11:14AM +0200, DA Forsyth wrote: Why do I become so clever AFTER asking for help? Anyhow, I have solved the cron not sending email problem. The cron log file contains lines like this NSSWITCH(nss_method_lookup): nis, group_compat, setgrent, not found which when searched for produces the page at http://www.ivorde.ro/FreeBSD_Cron__NSSWITCH_nss_method_lookup_errors- 44.html So I have edited my /etc/nsswitch.conf to have group: files password: files (instead of 'compat') and now it works again. I guess I must have installed that file in the upgrade during my glazed mergemaster phase of 'esc i enter' to install all those files whose only difference is the $Id$ tag (why do they bother?) You can get mergemaster to ignore those cvs tags. In /etc/mergemaster.rc: DIFF_FLAG='-Bub' DIFF_OPTIONS='-I$FreeBSD:.*[$]' IGNORE_FILES='/etc/motd /etc/mail/mailer.conf /etc/printcap' The 2nd line above tells diff to ignore lines that match that RE. Regards, -- Frank Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: cron mail problem solved
On 6/15/09, DA Forsyth d.fors...@ru.ac.za wrote: Why do I become so clever AFTER asking for help? Anyhow, I have solved the cron not sending email problem. The cron log file contains lines like this NSSWITCH(nss_method_lookup): nis, group_compat, setgrent, not found which when searched for produces the page at http://www.ivorde.ro/FreeBSD_Cron__NSSWITCH_nss_method_lookup_errors- 44.html So I have edited my /etc/nsswitch.conf to have group: files password: files (instead of 'compat') and now it works again. I guess I must have installed that file in the upgrade during my glazed mergemaster phase of 'esc i enter' to install all those files whose only difference is the $Id$ tag (why do they bother?) mergemaster(8) -F Lots of options, maybe check it out. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
