Ubuntu :: Stop A Cron Job After So Long?
Nov 18, 2010Is it possible to set a cron to run for so long and then end it automatically?
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Ubuntu :: How To Stop Logging Cron To Syslog
Mar 2, 2011There was an useful discussion on "how to stop logging cron to syslog". The useful answer is to update the line targeting syslog in /etc/syslog.conf to say something like:
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*.*;auth,authpriv.none,mail.none,cron.none -/var/log/syslog
the significant part being that cron.none means that cron will not log to syslog.
There was discussion about whether this was a good thing to do, but omitted to suggest that adding/ uncommenting the following line would mean that no information would be lost but that syslog would be less cluttered as a source of monitoring info:
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cron.* -/var/log/cron.log
You've still got all your cron-related log items available in cron.log if and when you need them. To make the new /etc/syslog.conf lines effective you should also, with root privileges:
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touch /var/log/cron.log
chown syslog:adm /var/log/cron.log
and restart syslog. In my case:
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/etc/init.d/sysklogd restart
General :: Stop All Instances Of Cron?
Oct 28, 2010I have a cron job that executes a rake task in rails. I noticed in the log that it was running the task 4 times everytime it was executed. The problem is that there are 4 instances of cron running.
I ran code...
So my question is how do I stop the other instances. When I run the stop command now I get this:
Stopping crond: cannot stop crond: crond is not running. [FAILED]
Any ideas? Do the other instances have different names? Is there a way to kill all instances as once?
General :: Secure Box - Authentication Failure - Long Strong Password Can Stop To Prevent From Attacks?
Mar 17, 2010we are using linux email server axigen past few years. we keep port open ssh and pop,smtp webmail etc. ssh use for remote trouble shooting. so through firewall it is globally accessable. we notice many attacks coming to our machine, also some people try to enter in our system but failure. as example see below a log come in messages file
Mar 17 09:19:50 sa1 sshd(pam_unix)[21231]: authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=210.51.13.120 user=root how we can secure more. as per my understanding only good long strong password can stop to prevent from attacks.
CentOS 5 Hardware :: Service Network Stop Automatically - Restart In Cron Tab
Jan 23, 2011I am using
# uname -rmi
2.6.18-194.26.1.el5PAE i686 i386
# cat /etc/*release*
cat: /etc/lsb-release.d: Is a directory
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5 (Tikanga)
CentOS release 5.5 (Final)
I have noticed that after few days of ideal system it will stop its network interface. To resolve this I have to login to the machine it self and then issue
# service network start
Is this a feature. If this is not a feature then what is this. As an workaround I am thinking of adding service network restart in cron tab for everyday in night when I am not using it.
Ubuntu :: File System Check Failed A Long Is Being Saved /var/long/fsck/checkfs
Jan 9, 2010just start Ubuntu 9.04 said: File system chek failed a long is beging saved /var/long/fsck/checkfs if that location is writable Please repair the file systmen manually A maintenance shell will now be started Ctr+ D terminate this shell and resume system boot. Give root password for maintenance or type Control +D to continue. I did Ctr+D , and after login said , that can not find /home. I starte with the live cd:
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Ubuntu Servers :: Cron Sending Email From Address / Change The Default Domain Name For Cron?
Apr 29, 2011Can anyone tell me how i change the default domain name for cron?everything i cron runs it emails from and to user@com.com
this leaves me with a massive list of failed mails in postfix.i have mailto on my main crontab but i cant do it on all of them.
Ubuntu Installation :: Cron's /etc/cron.daily/apt Not Upgrading?
Feb 25, 2010It seems that cron is not upgrading my Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Server, no GUI installed. I changed /etc/crontab and watched apt running:
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ps -A | grep apt
showed it for a long time,
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sudo tcpdump tcp
showed communication with canonical sites,
but:
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top
did not show any apt using CPU
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Ubuntu :: Do Cron Updates Erase Cron Entries
Sep 19, 2010I put in my cron entries to run my backup script which rsyncs my data to my 2nd drive, however on a hunch I checked my backup drive which mounts automatically via fstab and I realize it had not ran in a while. I checked cron and there were no entries for it. I got to wondering if I should ever be worried about a cron update coming down and over-writing my existing cron file with the backup entries in it to run.
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Jan 29, 2011I have added some executable scripts to /etc/cron.daily but don't get the stdout/stderr output from them as mail (or anywhere else I have found). At least one of them is running (because I can see that it has added a file to the disk).
The peculiar thing is that I do get the output from /etc/cron.daily/0logwatch (part of the logwatch package) as an email each day.
The MAILTO line in /etc/crontab is "MAILTO=root" (unchanged from default). Same for /etc/anacrontab.
I do have an alias at the end of /etc/aliases which redirects root's mail to my own account, but this alias works fine for mail I send manually. (It also appears to work fine for the output from the file /etc/cron.daily/0logwatch.)
CentOS 5 :: Setup A Cron In /var/spool/cron/root
Feb 16, 2010I have set up a cron in /var/spool/cron/root
*/15 * * * * /usr/bin/phplist.sh
I can see in /var/log/cron that it is running every 15 minutes but it has no effect. It is not doing the commands in the bash script.
If I run /usr/bin/phplist.sh right in the shell it works great.
Software :: Vixie-Cron Not Running /etc/cron.d/
Feb 9, 2011Is my vixie-cron broken? i have "0-59 * * * * root /usr/sbin/logrotate /etc/logrotate.conf" but it is not running in /etc/cron.d.
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CentOS 5 :: X/Gnome Takes Long Time To Load And Sudo Takes Long Time To Execute
Oct 13, 2009I am running Centos 5.3. I ran no updates, performed no installs, nor changed any configuration immediately prior to this issue. My problem is this: when I run the command startx (default runlevel 3), it is a long time (5-10 minutes) before Gnome startx, and once it does start applications will not run. Also, when I try to use sudo (from any environment, even ssh), it is a long time (5-10) before the command is executed.
I cannot say for sure, but it seems like this is an intermittent problem. Sometimes X takes a long time to start, but once it starts it will launch programs. Sometimes X takes a long time to launch, but once it starts it will only launch certain programs. Though presently X always takes a long time to start, and I cannot successfully launch any programs.
A while back a had a similar problem to this (x taking long time to start, sudo taking long time to execute) and it ended up being a DNS problem. Unfortunately, I cannot remember exactly what it was and I stupidly did not document it. Maybe this is also DNS related, I don't know.
I don't know what log files to look at for problems with X, Gnome, and sudo taking a long time to start.
General :: Difference Between Restarting/stopping Apache Using 'service Httpd Restart/stop' And Apachectl Restart/stop
Oct 11, 2010whats the difference between restarting/stopping apache using 'service httpd restart/stop' and apachectl restart/stop. I know that using 'service httpd restart' is actually a script in /etc/init.d/httpd but what about apachectl?
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May 14, 2010The fan on my laptop is constantly running after ripping a track from CD. Entering "top" into terminal reveals this:
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top - 12:20:13 up 1:01, 2 users, load average: 1.21, 0.96, 0.49
Tasks: 128 total, 3 running, 125 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
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Ubuntu Installation :: OpenLDAP Slapd / Can't Stop The Service With Service Slapd Stop?
Oct 20, 2010I am trying to setup LDAP server on Ubuntu 10.04 and am sticking to the old /etc/ldap/slapd.conf file configuration.
I had to comment ldapi:/// from /etc/default/slapd since it was giving 'Address already in use error'. Also had to juggle with pid directory and file issues
After that I was able to start the slapd daemon (service slapd start) but now I am running into multiple issues:
1. Can't stop the service with service slapd stop
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## Service stop returns 0, maybe because start-stop-daemon is not giving error
#service slapd stop
Stopping OpenLDAP: slapd.
# echo $?
0
Will switching to BDB database resolve this ?Also can't I slapcat at non-root user ??
Ubuntu :: Kernel Package Name Too Long?
Jan 21, 2010I've been compiling customized kernel packages for ubuntu and I've noticed that the final debian package output from running the command:
# fakeroot make-kpkg --initrd --append-to-version=-custom kernel_image kernel_headers
returns a couple of packages with a very long package name which looks similar to this:
linux-headers-2.6.32.1-custom_2.6.32.1-custom-10.00.Custom_i386.deb
linux-image-2.6.32.1-custom_2.6.32.1-custom-10.00.Custom_i386.deb
Is there a way or a workaround to reduce the filename length to a shorter format?
Ubuntu :: Quite Long Boot On New Machine?
Jul 12, 2010considering the claims on the ultra-fast-boot in new Ubuntu versions, I think my 1-2 minutes boot on a brand-new laptop (SONY Vaio CW2C5E) is quite slowish. I noticed that before the Ubuntu splash screen comes up, the screens stays black for 30 seconds with a blinking cursor. I also found a 20-second gap in dmesg which I can't explain:
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[ 0.000000] Initializing cgroup subsys cpuset
[ 0.000000] Initializing cgroup subsys cpu
[ 0.000000] Linux version 2.6.35-7-generic (buildd@crested) (gcc version 4.4.4 (Ubuntu 4.4.4-6ubuntu2) ) #12-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 9 21:54:03 UTC 2010 (Ubuntu 2.6.35-7.12-generic 2.6.35-rc4)
[ 0.000000] Command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-7-generic root=UUID=fe1a051b-27ef-43bd-88c8-fbfd8f3d4e7f ro quiet splash
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Ubuntu :: Long Boot Dropping To Tty?
Sep 29, 2010Lately about half the time I boot up on 9.10 it stays at the tty & asks for my login & password. It will just stay there for about a minute or so & thenboot up normally whether I enter anything or not. I have it set for auto-login & it never was a problem before. Some times it boots up normally without going into the login screen at all. The only thing that is different is one of the 5 year old kids I let use the computer for the internet & the computer doesn't always get shut down right(turn the power off). I suspect that has caused the problem but it happens now even when I know its been shut down right.
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May 24, 2010I've just upgraded to 10.4 LTS
First thing i notice is that if i leave the computer long enough for the screensaver to come on, when i want to start work again it requires the user password. It never used to do that and its a nuisance. There is no option to remember it that i can see either. How do i stop it asking for a password every time?
Secondly, i want some thing like the "my computer" facility. I tried setting up an icon using gsconfig - the icon is now on the desktop" - it says "browse all local & remote disks connected to this computer". When i click on it i get an icon saying file system. When i open that i get quite a lot of folders displayed. But what i'm trying to locate is the USB memory stick i have plugged in.. i can't find it..
I also tried setting it up as recommended on a site i found, by right clicking the top left icon on the desktop to get into edit menus. But i dont get that option, or the help option. i just get: about remove from panel move lock to panel.
Ubuntu :: Gnome Menu Bar Takes Long To Appear?
Jun 12, 2010I am running Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid, and it works perfectly.However, since last week (probably after some update), the gnome menu bar takes much longer to appear when I login. After it appears, it works just fine.To clarify, I turn on the system, login, the desktop background image and icons appear, and only after about 30 seconds the upper and lower gnome menu bars appear (a week ago all of it loaded almost instantly).
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