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Re: RH 4.2 cron.daily question



If I remember correctly you should add "cd /tmp" in the begining of
/etc/cron.daily/updatedb.cron. Something to do with sueing to "nobody"
in a directory where "nobody" has no permission for.

Gilad.


Alexander Indenbaum wrote:
> 
> I have a couple of plain vanilla RH 4.2 systems
> Once a day I get following message:
> 
> Subject: Cron <root@wizard> /usr/bin/run-parts /etc/cron.daily
> 
> shell-init: could not get current directory: getwd: cannot access parent directories
> job-working-directory: could not get current directory: getwd: cannot access parent directories
> 
> I checked all what can cause it:
> I upgraded bash.
> I played with SHELL variable in /etc/crontab
> and many more.
> 
> I do not get such emails regarding no other cron.*
> 
> What can cause it?
> 
>   Alexander Indenbaum
>   baum@actcom.co.il

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