Package: cron Version: 3.0pl1-88 Followup-For: Bug #324017
Below is the output of strace when a cronjob should've started (I should add that the job that was supposed to run was in root's crontab): chisum:~# strace -p 12697 -f Process 12697 attached - interrupt to quit setup() = 0 time(NULL) = 1124579101 stat64("crontabs", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|S_ISVTX|0730, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 stat64("/etc/crontab", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=687, ...}) = 0 stat64("/etc/cron.d", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 stat64("/etc/cron.d/cron-apt", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=358, ...}) = 0 lstat64("/etc/crontab", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=687, ...}) = 0 open("/etc/crontab", O_RDONLY) = 4 fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=687, ...}) = 0 close(4) = 0 open("/etc/cron.d", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_LARGEFILE|O_DIRECTORY) = 4 fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 fcntl64(4, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0 getdents64(4, /* 4 entries */, 4096) = 112 lstat64("/etc/cron.d/cron-apt", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=358, ...}) = 0 open("/etc/cron.d/cron-apt", O_RDONLY) = 5 fstat64(5, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=358, ...}) = 0 close(5) = 0 getdents64(4, /* 0 entries */, 4096) = 0 close(4) = 0 open("crontabs", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_LARGEFILE|O_DIRECTORY) = 4 fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFDIR|S_ISVTX|0730, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 fcntl64(4, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0 getdents64(4, /* 26 entries */, 4096) = 696 open("/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY) = 5 fcntl64(5, F_GETFD) = 0 fcntl64(5, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0 _llseek(5, 0, [0], SEEK_CUR) = 0 fstat64(5, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=1440, ...}) = 0 mmap2(NULL, 1440, PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED, 5, 0) = 0xb7f16000 _llseek(5, 1440, [1440], SEEK_SET) = 0 munmap(0xb7f16000, 1440) = 0 close(5) = 0 open("crontabs/root", O_RDONLY|O_NOFOLLOW) = 5 fstat64(5, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0600, st_size=1029, ...}) = 0 --- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) @ 0 (0) --- Process 12697 detached -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.12-1-k7 Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1) Versions of packages cron depends on: ii adduser 3.67 Add and remove users and groups ii debianutils 2.14.2 Miscellaneous utilities specific t ii libc6 2.3.5-4 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libpam0g 0.76-23 Pluggable Authentication Modules l ii libselinux1 1.24-4 SELinux shared libraries Versions of packages cron recommends: ii exim4 4.52-1 metapackage to ease exim MTA (v4) ii exim4-daemon-light [mail-tran 4.52-1 lightweight exim MTA (v4) daemon -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]