On Fri, 2002-12-13 at 11:58, Ludwig wrote: > This only started a week or two ago: I've been getting emails from the > cron daemon indicating a problem with /etc/crontab or cron itself. I've > tried using crontab to regenerate /etc/crontab, and purging and > reinstalling cron, and but am still getting the following:
The problem is not with cron itself. > From: Cron Daemon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] and reinstalling, and dns.org > Subject: Cron <ludwig@suspectdevice> root test -e > /usr/sbin/anacron || run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily This is the command it was trying to run So run "/bin/run-parts --verbose /etc/cron.daily" and see where the error is occurring. Then take the offending scripts from /etc/cron.daily/* and turn on debugging (for example add set -x near the top of the script) so that you can see what is going wrong. Then report a bug against the appropriate package. -- Oliver Elphick [EMAIL PROTECTED] Isle of Wight, UK http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver GPG: 1024D/3E1D0C1C: CA12 09E0 E8D5 8870 5839 932A 614D 4C34 3E1D 0C1C ======================================== "For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD; thou art my trust from my youth." Psalms 71:5 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
