On Wed, Mar 10, 2004 at 05:06:01PM +0100, dballester@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> backup script of my own, and sends report mails. All runs ok but in one
> machine never runs.
>
> The script runs well if launched by hand as root. But if I make an
> entry in the root crontab .... never occurs.
>
> Taking a look to the /var/log/cron I can see this message:
>
> "Mar 10 15:54:00 INFOPICK crond[13011]: (tmp.12197) ORPHAN (no passwd
> entry)"
No passwd entry.
Check the pass word files involved.
Local /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow as well as any invoked directly
or implied in the script.
Include interaction with stuff like the MAILTO environment variable in crontab.
Perhaps you placed a file in /var/spool/cron for which there is no user name
in the passwd file.
if (strcmp(fname, "*system*") && !(pw = getpwnam(uname))) {
/* file doesn't have a user in passwd file.
*/
log_it(fname, getpid(), "ORPHAN", "no passwd entry");
goto next_crontab;
}
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