[vox-tech] cron - not at a different time

[Peter Jay Salzman]

On Wed 03 Mar 04,  9:32 AM, Ken Bloom <kabloom@ucdavis.edu> said:
> 
> On 2004.03.03 09:18, Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
> >On Wed 03 Mar 04,  9:00 AM, Ken Bloom <kabloom@ucdavis.edu> said:
> >>
> >> On 2004.03.03 04:38, Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
> >> >cron is running sometime around 7:30am:
> >> >
> >> > 8646 ?        SN     0:00 run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily
> >> > 8651 ?        SN     0:00 /bin/sh /etc/cron.daily/checksecurity
> >> > 8678 ?        SN     0:00 /usr/bin/perl /usr/sbin/checksecurity
> >> > 8714 ?        SN     0:00 /bin/sh
> >/usr/share/checksecurity/check-setuid
> >> > 8724 ?        RN     0:06 find / /boot /var /usr/local /home /data
> >-xdev
> >> >( -fal
> >> > 8725 ?        SN     0:00 sort
> >> > 8733 ?        R      0:00 xterm -class UXTerm -title uxterm -u8
> >> >p@satan$ date
> >> >Wed Mar 03  7:37 AM
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >yet, i think it should at 4:25am if i have my fields correct:
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >SHELL=/bin/sh
> >> >PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
> >> >
> >> >17 * * * * root  run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly
> >> >25 4 * * * root test -e /usr/sbin/anacron || run-parts --report
> >> >/etc/cron.daily
> >> >47 6 * * 7 root test -e /usr/sbin/anacron || run-parts --report
> >> >/etc/cron.weekly
> >> >52 6 1 * * root test -e /usr/sbin/anacron || run-parts --report
> >> >/etc/cron.monthly
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >why is the daily cron running at 7:30am?
> >>
> >> What time did you start up the machine? The cron jobs will run through
> >> anacron shortly after startup if they haven't been run in a certain  
> >time
> >
> >> period. Seeing as how my computer is always shutdown at 4:25am, my  
> >daily
> >
> >> cronjobs always run shortly after I start up. If I started up the
> >machine
> >> at 7:25, they'd run at about 7:30.
> >
> >ken, that's a good guess.  unfortunately, this machine has been up ever
> >since i replaced the CPU fans (one of which died, and the other one
> >sounded like a wailing ghost).  that was about 12 days ago...
> 
> I know you recently moved from Davis to the east coast. Did you remember to 
> change the timezone on the machine when you moved?
 
heh.  ken, that was an excellent idea, but unfortunately, i did.   :-)

pete

ps- is there a new virus?  all of a sudden, starting from last night
i've gotten a huge ton of emails that say things like:

   Arggghh, I hate plaintext!

   Here is your excel file.

   I don't bite, weah!

   Your file is attached.

i normally don't see viruses because i filter based on executable
strings in every win32 executable.  but these viruses seem to be
carrying .zip and .pif payloads which are getting past my filter.

also, i just got a bounced email, with MY email address on it.  it said:

   I know about you!

and it was addressed to qmail@hollings.senate.gov, a US senator's
office.  holy cow.  i sure hope the secret service doesn't come after
me!   ;-)

pete

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