did you stop and restart crond? On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 2:51 PM, David D <mystupidquestion@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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 > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
