From: Phil Farrell (farrell@pangea.Stanford.EDU)
Date: Fri Jan 03 2003 - 13:26:19 EST
Hi Managers,
My Tru64 UNIX v4.0g system (all latest patches applied) has been
sending me the following mail message every day around 3 a.m. since
at least December 27 (could be earlier -- I wasn't paying close
attention at first):
> Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2003 03:19:19 -0800 (PST)
> From: System PRIVILEGED Account <root>
>
> ***UPDATE /usr/sbin/acct/holidays WITH NEW HOLIDAYS***
>
>
> *************************************************
> Cron: The previous message is the standard output
> and standard error of one of your cron commands.
I edited the /usr/sbin/acct/holidays file the first time I saw
this message. But the message won't stop! How do I stop it?
I run a system management script every day at 2:30 a.m., which
usually takes 30 to 40 minutes to complete its tasks. One of
the last tasks is to process the previous day's accounting information
with /usr/sbin/acct/acctcms. This occurs near the end of the
script and would be consistent with the timing of the cron
mails. I see with "strings" that this executable contains the string
***UPDATE %s WITH NEW HOLIDAYS***
so it is undoubtedly the source of the message. But how do I
convince it that I have updated the file, so it will stop pestering
me with those messages?
Thanks for any ideas.
-Phil Farrell, Computer Systems Manager
Stanford University School of Earth Sciences
farrell@pangea.stanford.edu
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