Message from CRON

[Gerard Seibert]

On Tuesday, March 09, 2004 6:11:41 AM Ruben de Groot <mail25 at bzerk.org> 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 ges at BudMan.cable.rcn.com Mon Mar  8 18:11:01 2004
|>> Return-Path: <ges at BudMan.cable.rcn.com>
|>> 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 <ges at BudMan.cable.rcn.com>; Mon, 8 Mar 2004 18:11:00 -0500 (EST)
|>> 	(envelope-from ges at BudMan.cable.rcn.com)
|>> Received: (from ges at localhost)
|>> 	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: <200403082311.i28NB0Qo029628 at BudMan.cable.rcn.com>
|>> From: ges at BudMan.cable.rcn.com (Cron Daemon)
|>> To: ges at BudMan.cable.rcn.com
|>> Subject: Cron <ges at BudMan> 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 ges at BudMan.cable.rcn.com Mon Mar  8 18:15:01 2004
|>> Return-Path: <ges at BudMan.cable.rcn.com>
|>> 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 <ges at BudMan.cable.rcn.com>; Mon, 8 Mar 2004 18:15:00 -0500 (EST)
|>> 	(envelope-from ges at BudMan.cable.rcn.com)
|>> Received: (from ges at localhost)
|>> 	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: <200403082315.i28NF0pd029876 at BudMan.cable.rcn.com>
|>> From: ges at BudMan.cable.rcn.com (Cron Daemon)
|>> To: ges at BudMan.cable.rcn.com
|>> Subject: Cron <ges at BudMan> 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
|>> gerard-seibert at rcn.com
|>> 
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********** 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