[arch-general] An empty /etc/crontab file maybe needed bo be add in to package filesystem.

[Leonid Isaev]

On Sun, 19 Feb 2012 07:01:52 +0800
郑文辉(Techlive Zheng) <techlivezheng at gmail.com> wrote:

> 2012/2/19 郑文辉(Techlive Zheng) <techlivezheng at gmail.com>:
> > I see, I just upgraded to 1.4.8 on 14 Feb 2012, The log must be
> > generated by an former version of cronie. Now it seems all gone, and I
> > can't provid the spamed log because I have cleaned them up 2 days ago.
> >
> > Let's see, if there are spams again, I will post here.
> >
> > 2012/2/19 Leonid Isaev <lisaev at umail.iu.edu>:
> >> On Sat, 18 Feb 2012 15:26:46 +0800
> >> 郑文辉(Techlive Zheng) <techlivezheng at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> 2012/2/18 Heiko Baums <lists at baums-on-web.de>:
> >>> > Am Sat, 18 Feb 2012 14:25:54 +0800
> >>> > schrieb 郑文辉(Techlive Zheng) <techlivezheng at gmail.com>:
> >>> >
> >>> >> Due to cronie doesn't contain an /etc/crontab anymore, there are losts
> >>> >> of msgs of missing crontab as shown below in errors.log.
> >>> >>
> >>> >> > /usr/sbin/crond[1236]: (root) CAN'T OPEN (/etc/crontab): No such
> >>> >> > file or directory
> >>> >
> >>> > Such an empty /etc/crontab would belong into the package cronie and not
> >>> > into the package filesystem. It's cronie specific since fcron, which I
> >>> > use, doesn't need and provide one. The corresponding, but also not
> >>> > necessary file for fcron would be /etc/fcrontab. And I'm not sure if
> >>> > such an empty /etc/crontab would affect fcron.
> >>> >
> >>> > If cronie doesn't provide an empty /etc/crontab and doesn't run
> >>> > without it, it is a bug in cronie.
> >>> >
> >>> > Heiko
> >>>
> >>> It runs well,but just spam the error.log and crond.log
> >>> without /etc/crontab.
> >>
> >> Since 1.4.8 cronie doesn't need /etc/crontab... Can you show relevant
> >> piece of /var/log/crond.log?
> >>
> >> --
> >> Leonid Isaev
> >> GnuPG key ID: 164B5A6D
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> 
> Still have the problem:
> 
> Feb 19 06:31:01 vbox02 /usr/sbin/crond[8394]: (root) CAN'T OPEN
> (/etc/crontab): No such file or directory
> Feb 19 06:32:01 vbox02 /usr/sbin/crond[8394]: (root) CAN'T OPEN
> (/etc/crontab): No such file or directory

This is odd... you must have something in /var/spool/cron. Otherwise please
provide more info because your problem is not easily reproducible.

-- 
Leonid Isaev
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