Re: cron problem

[Shane Turner <turner@inferno.UCIS.Dal.Ca>]

On Thu, 21 Nov 1996, Lawrence Chim wrote:

> I don't know why cron always send mail to root with the following
> body.  Any idea?
> 
> Subject: Cron <root@ppp-1-145> run-parts /etc/cron.daily
> X-Cron-Env: <SHELL=/bin/sh>
> X-Cron-Env:
> <PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin>
> X-Cron-Env: <HOME=/root>
> X-Cron-Env: <LOGNAME=root>
> 
> getopt: illegal option -- o
> 
> lawrence,

I just had the same problem the other day.

The problem is in the script /etc/cron.daily/smail.
The line
savelog -o root .......
should be
savelog -u root .......

I think there might even be a man page for savelog.

Fix that and your error message will go away.

Ciao,
	Shane

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