Subject: Re: cron and kvm_mkdb troubles
To: Kim Andersen <kim@dde.dk>
From: Chris G. Demetriou <cgd@postgres.Berkeley.EDU>
List: current-users
Date: 04/18/1994 21:48:55
> I'm having trouble with cron and kvm_mkdb.
> No matter what I do to/with kvm_mkdb I get:
> kvm_mkdb: /netbsd: corrupted symbol table: Inappropriate file type or format

i don't know why this would be.

> Since the depreciation (sp) of setreuid I get this mail from cron:
> >From daemon Tue Apr 19 00:30:03 1994
> Date: Tue, 19 Apr 1994 00:30:02 +0100
> From: root (Cron Daemon)
> To: root
> Subject: Cron <root@homer> /usr/libexec/atrun
> X-Cron-Env: <SHELL=/bin/sh>
> X-Cron-Env: <PATH=/etc:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin>
> X-Cron-Env: <HOME=/var/log>
> X-Cron-Env: <LOGNAME=root>
> X-Cron-Env: <USER=root>

what you didn't notice is that the job being run is always 'atrun'.
it's been fixed in the current sources.


cgd

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