Cron <operator> /usr/libexec/save-entropy

Lowell Gilbert freebsd-questions-local at be-well.ilk.org
Wed Mar 29 13:33:30 UTC 2006


Vaaf <vaaf at broadpark.no> writes:

> Cron keeps spamming me:
> 
> override r--------  operator/operator for
> /var/db/entropy/saved-entropy.6? (y/n [n]) not overwritten
> override r--------  operator/operator for
> /var/db/entropy/saved-entropy.5? (y/n [n]) not overwritten
> override r--------  operator/operator for
> /var/db/entropy/saved-entropy.4? (y/n [n]) not overwritten
> override r--------  operator/operator for
> /var/db/entropy/saved-entropy.3? (y/n [n]) not overwritten
> override r--------  operator/operator for
> /var/db/entropy/saved-entropy.2? (y/n [n]) not overwritten
> 
> How do I stop this?

Looks like the crontab entry has the wrong ownership.
In RELENG_6, the entry is:

*/11	*	*	*	*	operator /usr/libexec/save-entropy


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