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fdamstra
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 Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 8:32 am Post subject: Cron Authentication Problem [RESOLVED] |
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After I 'emerge -u world' this morning, Vixie-Cron won't run jobs as other users. That is, in /etc/crontab I have a line:
| Code: | | */5 * * * * apache php /var/www/localhost/htdocs/cacti/poller.php |
Which should run poller as the 'apache' user.
In /var/log/messages, I see the line:
| Quote: | | Jul 19 09:20:01 src@monitor02 cron[19225]: Authentication service cannot retrieve authentication info. |
This seems suspiciously similar to the "can't su root" problem, except that I can su to root. Today's updates included packages 'pam', 'pam-login', and 'shadow'; and that's where my suspicions lie, but I can't figure out the problem.
I've unmerged and remerged vixie-cron, and am going to reemerge the three packages above, though I don't expect this to help.
Any other ideas? |
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fdamstra
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| Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 8:49 am Post subject: |
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Thanks to a related thread regarding postfix, I found the solution. The 'shadow' package apparently stomped /etc/shadow.
Running 'pwconv' rebuilt /etc/shadow with all the daemon users, and it appears to be working now. |
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Deathwing00
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| Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 7:19 pm Post subject: |
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Can you post the exact thread please? I guess others might also want to have a look at it.  |
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mirmillo
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| Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2005 4:21 pm Post subject: Me too |
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This fixed it for me too. Although I don't recall updating Shadow recently.
Thanks! |
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fdamstra
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| Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 11:59 am Post subject: |
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| Deathwing00 wrote: | | Can you post the exact thread please? I guess others might also want to have a look at it. :) |
I believe this is the thread. postgres, not postfix, my bad. |
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Deathwing00
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| Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 2:09 pm Post subject: |
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| fdamstra wrote: | | Deathwing00 wrote: | | Can you post the exact thread please? I guess others might also want to have a look at it. |
I believe this is the thread. postgres, not postfix, my bad. |
Moved to Duplicate Threads. |
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