2012/3/18 郑文辉(Techlive Zheng) <techlivezheng@xxxxxxxxx>: > 2012/3/18 Auguste Pop <auguste@xxxxxxxxx>: >> On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 6:15 PM, Auguste Pop <auguste@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 2:00 AM, Leonid Isaev <lisaev@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> On Sun, 19 Feb 2012 07:01:52 +0800 >>>> 郑文辉(Techlive Zheng) <techlivezheng@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> >>>>> 2012/2/19 郑文辉(Techlive Zheng) <techlivezheng@xxxxxxxxx>: >>>>> > 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@xxxxxxxxxxxx>: >>>>> >> On Sat, 18 Feb 2012 15:26:46 +0800 >>>>> >> 郑文辉(Techlive Zheng) <techlivezheng@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>>> >> >>>>> >>> 2012/2/18 Heiko Baums <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: >>>>> >>> > Am Sat, 18 Feb 2012 14:25:54 +0800 >>>>> >>> > schrieb 郑文辉(Techlive Zheng) <techlivezheng@xxxxxxxxx>: >>>>> >>> > >>>>> >>> >> 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 >>>>> >> Key fingerprint: C0DF 20D0 C075 C3F1 E1BE 775A A7AE F6CB 164B 5A6D >>>>> >>>>> 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 >>>> GnuPG key ID: 164B5A6D >>>> Key fingerprint: C0DF 20D0 C075 C3F1 E1BE 775A A7AE F6CB 164B 5A6D >>> >>> i have the same problem. i do have a file in /var/spool/cron/, because >>> i have some user cron jobs to do. >>> >>> here's some log from /var/log/crond.log >>> >>> Mar 18 18:04:30 pop crontab[8708]: (pop) BEGIN EDIT (pop) >>> Mar 18 18:04:32 pop crontab[8708]: (pop) REPLACE (pop) >>> Mar 18 18:04:32 pop crontab[8708]: (pop) END EDIT (pop) >>> Mar 18 18:05:01 pop /usr/sbin/crond[8619]: (root) CAN'T OPEN >>> (/etc/crontab): No such file or directory >>> Mar 18 18:05:01 pop /usr/sbin/crond[8619]: (pop) RELOAD (/var/spool/cron/pop) >> >> after some further test, it seems the error only occurs after crontab -e. >> i think this may be an upstream bug, if upstream says that >> /etc/crontab is not indispensable. >> anyway, showing one line of missing file in log is not a big deal. we >> don't constantly modify our crontab. >> >> best regards, > > My problem did not occur any more after I delete /var/spoon/cron/root, > I don't know what exactly cause the problem. actually, as far as i can see. this message appears only once every time i edit my crontab. it's not re-occurring. that's why i think this is not a big issue. best regards,
