[KLUG Members] RH9 and cron

[Adam Tauno Williams]

> Cron is dieing on me.
> [root at srvbai3 root]# /etc/init.d/crond status
> crond dead but pid file exists
> Feb 15 14:32:01 srvbai3 crond[24228]: nss_ldap: reconnecting to LDAP
> server...
> Feb 15 14:32:01 srvbai3 crond[24228]: nss_ldap: reconnected to LDAP
> server after 1 attempt(s)
> The last thin in my logs before each death is the log above.
> Does this look familiar to anyone.  

Sure, I see these all the time.  NSS binds to the DSA but the DSA
enforces a time limit on connections, so it drops NSS periodically.  NSS
should rebind.

So it is normal.  

The fact that it reconnected means, hopefully, that your DSA was still
up at the time.

Are you running NSCd?

> A few revisions ago I solved a cron
> issue by compiling a more recent cron from an srpm.  I'll try that if
> noone has any other ideas.
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 189 bytes
Desc: This is a digitally signed message part
Url : http://www.kalamazoolinux.org/pipermail/members/attachments/20050216/070efc85/attachment.bin