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

[Ken Bloom]

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On 2004.03.03 09:43, Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
> 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=3D/bin/sh
> > >> >PATH=3D/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 =20
> 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 =20
> remember
> to
> > change the timezone on the machine when you moved?
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> heh.  ken, that was an excellent idea, but unfortunately, i did.   :-)
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> pete
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> 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:
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>    Arggghh, I hate plaintext!
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>    Here is your excel file.
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>    I don't bite, weah!
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>    Your file is attached.
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> 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.
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> also, i just got a bounced email, with MY email address on it.  it said:
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>    I know about you!
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> 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!   ;-)
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> pete
>

ClamAV is filtering that virus out for me. I installed ClamAV yesterday =20
morning to handle that problem - apparently the school's virus checker =20
hasn't updated to recognize that virus yet. I also got one from vox (which =
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I trust so I don't usually subject it to spam and virus filtering). Perhaps=
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we need a virus scanner on the lists even for subscribed members.

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