I noticed the following in my logwatch email today: --------------------- Cron Begin ------------------------ **Unmatched Entries** ORPHAN (no passwd entry) ORPHAN (no passwd entry) When I look at /var/log/cron, it seems that this error is generated whenever I update my crontab via crontab -e /var/log/cron: May 12 08:35:19 ciscy crontab[26674]: (sdstern) LIST (sdstern) May 12 08:35:37 ciscy crontab[26675]: (sdstern) BEGIN EDIT (sdstern) May 12 08:36:00 ciscy crond[2326]: (tmp.15574) ORPHAN (no passwd entry) May 12 08:36:00 ciscy crond[2326]: (tmp.24677) ORPHAN (no passwd entry) May 12 08:36:00 ciscy crond[2326]: (tmp.26673) ORPHAN (no passwd entry) May 12 08:36:05 ciscy crontab[26675]: (sdstern) REPLACE (sdstern) May 12 08:36:05 ciscy crontab[26675]: (sdstern) END EDIT (sdstern) My question: Is this really an error and indicative of a problem? -- Steve
