I checked /etc/shadow, none of the accounts trying to run cron jobs are disabled. Also, root's crontab's defined jobs are not running, so I do not think the problem is an expired account. David On Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 6:47 PM, Sanjay Chakraborty <sanjaychakrab@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Most probably account expired. > > On Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 3:04 PM, David D <mystupidquestion@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Our Oracle environment is running on a cluster of redhat boxes. Each >> node is running Redhat 5, x86_64. We are having a problem with our >> crontab tasks. No job seems to be running. Even root’s crontab jobs >> fail to execute. When I look at /var/log/cron the following lines are >> listed over and over: >> >> Jul 16 13:01:01 server1 crond[1632]: Bad item passed to pam_*_item() >> Jul 16 13:01:01 server1 crond[1632]: CRON (root) ERROR: failed to >> open PAM security session: Success >> Jul 16 13:01:01 server1 crond[1632]: CRON (root) ERROR: cannot >> set security context >> >> I can’t seem to isolate this issue. Some other interesting points >> that may be related: >> >> * SE Linux is disabled >> * No cron.allow file exists. >> * The cron.deny file is empty >> * The installed cron packages are: >> >> anacron.x86_64 2.3-45.0.1.el5 >> crontabs.noarch 1.10-8 >> vixie-cron.x86_64 4:4.1-77.el5_4.1 >> >> * The installed pam packages are: >> >> pam.i386 0.99.6.2-6.el5_5.2 >> installed >> pam.x86_64 0.99.6.2-6.el5_5.2 >> installed >> pam_ccreds.i386 3-5 >> installed >> pam_ccreds.x86_64 3-5 >> installed >> pam_krb5.i386 2.2.14-18.el5 >> installed >> pam_krb5.x86_64 2.2.14-18.el5 >> installed >> pam_passwdqc.i386 1.0.2-1.2.2 >> installed >> pam_passwdqc.x86_64 1.0.2-1.2.2 >> installed >> pam_pkcs11.i386 0.5.3-23 >> installed >> pam_pkcs11.x86_64 0.5.3-23 >> installed >> pam_smb.i386 1.1.7-7.2.1 >> installed >> pam_smb.x86_64 1.1.7-7.2.1 >> installed >> >> * The contents of /etc/pam.d/cron is: >> # >> # The PAM configuration file for the cron daemon >> # >> # >> >> auth sufficient pam_env.so >> auth required pam_rootok.so >> auth include system-auth >> account required pam_access.so >> account include system-auth >> session required pam_loginuid.so >> session include system-auth >> /etc/pam.d/crond (END) >> >> * Around the time cron stopped working the following entries started >> appearing in /var/log/secure: >> Jul 6 20:40:01 dbtc01 crond[15916]: pam_env(crond:setcred): >> pam_putenv: delete non-existent entry; . $AW_HOME/site/sosite >> Jul 6 20:40:01 dbtc01 crond[15916]: pam_env(crond:setcred): >> pam_putenv: delete non-existent entry; . $AW_HOME/site/sosite >> >> Any insight is appreciated! Thank you for your assistance. >> >> David >> >> -- >> redhat-list mailing list >> unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list >> > > > > -- > Regards. > Sanjay Chakraborty > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
