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Binary package hint: cron
I have this as a test script called test_cron
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#! /bin/bash
#
#if ! type promptYesNo > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then .
/home/woodnt/scripts/misc.sh ; fi
FILE=/tmp/cron.log
TIME=`date -d now "+%m-%d...@%h%m%s"`
if [ ! -f $FILE ] ; then
touch $FILE
fi
echo "Hello at $TIME from test_cron" |tee -a $FILE
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>From the last line, one can see that that there is output.
It is trying to send mail as can be seen here:
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root 29138 0.0 0.0 18708 988 ? Ss 23:00 0:00 cron
root 29166 0.0 0.0 91236 2192 ? S 23:01 0:00 \_ CRON
root 29167 0.0 0.0 91244 1300 ? S 23:01 0:00 | \_ CRON
woodnt 29168 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Zs 23:01 0:00 | \_
[sh] <defunct>
woodnt 29193 0.0 0.0 37000 2100 ? S 23:01 0:00 | \_
/usr/sbin/sendmail -i -FCronDaemon -oem woodnt
woodnt 29194 0.0 0.0 36988 2096 ? S 23:01 0:00 |
\_ /usr/sbin/postdrop -r
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$ mail
No mail for woodnt
woo...@toshiba-laptop /var/mail $
I have looked in /var/mail and it shows bupkis
woo...@toshiba-laptop /var/mail $ sudo cat *
[sudo] password for woodnt:
woo...@toshiba-laptop /var/mail $
checking out /var/log/mail.log shows nothing being sent from cron.
mail.err is empty. No evidence of cron sending anything in mail.info
either.
This works:
woo...@toshiba-laptop /var/log $ echo hello|/usr/sbin/sendmail -i -FCronDaemon
-oem woodnt
woo...@toshiba-laptop /var/log $ mail
Mail version 8.1.2 01/15/2001. Type ? for help.
"/var/mail/woodnt": 1 message 1 new
>N 1 woo...@toshiba-la Wed Feb 10 23:10 13/437
&
So somewhere between cron sending the mail and it going through postfix
something is going wrong.
I have bsd-mailx installed which of course also installs postfix as a
depends.
I can't duplicate this problem on other systems.
Of note, I had installed ssmtp first for another reason, but uninstalled
thinking it might have been the problem. A purge uninstall then
reinstall of bsd-mailx didn't fix this. I am not sure if the culprit is
ssmtp configuring something and not undoing it on purge or if the fault
is in cron.
Thanks,
Narnie
** Affects: postfix (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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cron doesn't send mail
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