Aug 19, 2010 · orphan child process: happy78: Programming: 3: 08-30-2005 01:40 AM: Samba failed to modify passwd entry: GUIPenguin: Linux - General: 1: 01-17-2005 10:39 AM: odd entry in /etc/passwd file: globeTrotter: Linux - Security: 4: 07-21-2004 09:27 PM /etc/passwd entry: secprovider: Linux - Security: 1: 06-25-2004 10:55 AM: Orphan Processes
Jul 10 08:01:01 server1 crond[3420]: (tmp.XXXXEXYFUw) ORPHAN (no passwd entry) What could be the possible meaning of this? This will occur if there's a file in the /var/spool/cron directory that doesn't match up to a username and UID. ORPHAN (no passwd entry) by kashioka on 3月 26, 2011 • 2:44 PM この状況でcronを実行させるユーザを間違えているのであれば、正しい Apr 08, 2004 · orphan entry I have this message in my daily report, but all files in /var/spool/log has an registered user (an user appearing in passwd). But I've found a tmp.2356 file whit 0 bytes (its owner is legal user) Could be this the problem? If cron ever orphans a crontab (typically due to a temporary NSS lookup failure, ie. NIS or LDAP servers unreachable) during startup or following a crontab edit, that crontab will never be reloaded until the crontab is edited again or cron is restarted. Cron logs the following. Oct 31 11:51:01 server.example.com crond[3585]: (root) ORPHAN (no passwd entry) Oct 31 11:51:01 server.example.com Cron expects each user who has an *individual* crontab file to be in /etc/passwd. If your user does not have an account on the local machine this may happen. "crontab -e" edits or creates a crontab file for the current user and if that user does not have a local account it fails. Dec 10, 2009 · ORPHAN (no passwd entry) ORPHAN (no passwd entry) ----- Cron End ----- /var/log/cron: Dec 9 10:58:00 webserver crond[1120]: (tmp.1136) ORPHAN (no passwd entry) Dec 9 10:58:00 webserver crond[1120]: (root) RELOAD (cron/root) Dec 9 10:58:00 webserver crond[1120]: (tmp.8970) ORPHAN (no passwd entry) Dec 9 10:58:00 webserver crond[1120]: (tmp.12560 Change the NIS domain binding Actual results: NIS user cronjobs do not run and produce the following errors for the NIS users Oct 31 11:51:01 servername crond[####]: (username1) ORPHAN (no passwd entry) Oct 31 11:51:01 servername crond[####]: (username2) ORPHAN (no passwd entry) Expected results: The cronjobs for the users keep working
Jul 12 20:47:13 DD-WRT cron.info cron[1307]: (CRON) STARTUP (fork ok) Jul 12 20:47:13 DD-WRT cron.info cron[1307]: (crontabs) ORPHAN (no passwd entry) Jul 12 20:47:13 DD-WRT user.info syslog: cron : cron daemon successfully started Jul 12 20:47:17 DD-WRT user.info syslog: vpn modules : vpn modules successfully unloaded
Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2012 21:59 Post subject: (crontabs) ORPHAN (no passwd entry) -- don't add user! Don't add a crontabs user. That will only confuse Vixie Cron into trying to read the directory /var/spool/cron/crontabs/ as if it were a crontab file (though probably nothing will happen).
I am using the standard vixie-cron am seeing the following my logs : [code]crond[3293]: (username) ORPHAN (no passwd entry)[/code] Ordinarily this is a simple matter, there is no corresponding user, but I am using central authentication and the username does exist and is usable via the standard nsswitch mechanism, so all other programs work with it, pam, ssh etc..
Question: Users can configure cronjobs @reboot, but the cron environment is not ready for users at boot time. How can cron be forced to run only after the system is ready for users on Ubuntu? Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2012 21:56 Post subject: (crontabs) ORPHAN (no passwd entry) -- don't add user! Don't add a crontabs user. That will only confuse Vixie Cron into trying to read the directory /var/spool/cron/crontabs/ as if it were a crontab file (though probably nothing will happen). 202 dst=72.187.71.158 len=52 tos=0x00 prec=0x00 ttl=106 id=2777 df proto=tcp spt=62479 dpt=51413 window=8192 res=0x00 syn urgp Aug 13, 2007 · If you need cron to source (read) any file that your script will need you should do it from the script cron is calling. Setting paths, sourcing files, setting environment variables, etc. If the users account has a crontab but no usable shell in /etc/passwd then the cronjob will not run. Dec 12, 2009 · ORPHAN (no passwd entry) ORPHAN (no passwd entry) ----- Cron End ----- /var/log/cron: Dec 9 10:58:00 webserver crond[1120]: (tmp.1136) ORPHAN (no passwd entry) Dec 9 10:58:00 webserver crond[1120]: (root) RELOAD (cron/root) Dec 9 10:58:00 webserver crond[1120]: (tmp.8970) ORPHAN (no passwd entry) Dec 9 10:58:00 webserver crond[1120]: (tmp.12560 cron's log has this message > >crond[1015]: (beebee) ORPHAN (no passwd entry) > >however, I can login as beebee with the correct password. How comes crond >can't see the password? > >any help will be appreciated.