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From: Rob Owens on 15 Jun 2010 19:30 On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 06:42:02PM +0300, David Baron wrote: > On Saturday 12 June 2010 23:02:11 David Baron wrote: > > > > I have no cron running ntpdate that I know of and there is no ntpdate > > > > entry in anacrontab. I run it in an rc.local type script on bootup. > > > > Period. This run works. > > > > > > > > The only thing I can think of is an obsolete webmin entry but I have > > > > not run webmin for ages. This simply made cron scripts for me as far > > > > as I know and I have no ntpdate crons that I can find. Where else > > > > might I look? > > > > > > /var/spool/cron/ is the first place I would look for cron enttries. They > > > should be plain text files, so they're easy to grep through. Then I'd > > > look for scripts in /etc/cron.*/ as already mentioned. > > > > Yes, I have it in (correction) > > /var/spool/cron/crontabs/root > > > > Where is the original? > > I still have been unable to find it. Removing the file on /var would > accomplish nothing. Next bootup will have it back. > I missed the beginning of this thread, but I'm assuming that ntpdate is running regularly and you don't know why. If I'm wrong, just ignore me. If I'm right, then you could just uninstall ntpdate and switch to ntpd. -Rob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100615232822.GA24303(a)aurora.owens.net
From: David Baron on 17 Jun 2010 12:10 On Tuesday 15 June 2010 18:42:02 David Baron wrote: > On Saturday 12 June 2010 23:02:11 David Baron wrote: > > > > I have no cron running ntpdate that I know of and there is no ntpdate > > > > entry in anacrontab. I run it in an rc.local type script on bootup. > > > > Period. This run works. > > > > > > > > The only thing I can think of is an obsolete webmin entry but I have > > > > not run webmin for ages. This simply made cron scripts for me as far > > > > as I know and I have no ntpdate crons that I can find. Where else > > > > might I look? > > > > > > /var/spool/cron/ is the first place I would look for cron enttries. > > > They should be plain text files, so they're easy to grep through. Then > > > I'd look for scripts in /etc/cron.*/ as already mentioned. > > > > Yes, I have it in (correction) > > /var/spool/cron/crontabs/root > > > > Where is the original? > > I still have been unable to find it. Removing the file on /var would > accomplish nothing. Next bootup will have it back. So .. I got rid of ntpdate altogether, installed the ntp daemon instead. I still get the error messages, now with /usr/sbin/ntpdate does not exist (of course). So I still need to find the original cron script! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201006171842.30316.d_baron(a)012.net.il
From: Huang, Tao on 17 Jun 2010 20:40
On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 11:42 PM, David Baron <d_baron(a)012.net.il> wrote: > > [snip] > > So .. I got rid of ntpdate altogether, installed the ntp daemon instead. I > still get the error messages, now with /usr/sbin/ntpdate does not exist (of > course). So I still need to find the original cron script! > write a script, place it at /usr/sbin/ntpdate, to reveal the parent process, and all the way back to the problematic cron job. use /proc/$PID/exe to locate the executable path. Tao -- http://huangtao.me/ http://www.google.com/profiles/UniIsland -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/AANLkTin6krQFcNc3fwUsSoNaMnbKvSBLfJDsLYvMdJ1y(a)mail.gmail.com |