[vox-tech] crontab problem

[Peter Jay Salzman]

hi ryan,


using google :
==============
do a search for "sa1 redhat"

read the 7th item.  look for "/usr/lib/sa/sa1 1 1 mysterious execution".

you'll find more information if you do a google group search on "sa1
redhat".

hth,
pete


begin Ryan <rcdetert@ucdavis.edu> 
> all of a sudden i'm getting a strange error on my crontab. Every 10 minutes or
> so this file runs
> /usr/lib/sa/sa1 1 1
> 
> and it emails me the following output:
>   Cannot append data to that file
> 
> I see that sa1 calls a binary script called sacd. I looked through some of the
> log files for cron and sa and this is all it gives me
> 
> from /var/log/cron
> Feb 26 16:50:00 the45 CROND[22166]: (root) CMD (/usr/lib/sa/sa1 1 1)
> 
> 
> I have no clue what file it can't append to and why. what other log files are
> there?
> 
> 
> -ryan
> 
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