Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 56966
cron seems to ignore NIS users
Last modified: 2007-04-18 12:38:30 EDT
Description of Problem: I have a bunch of machines where one of them is a master NIS server and the rest are NIS clients. Users that are not in /etc/passwd, but in NIS maps dont get their crontabs run. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): vixie-cron-3.0.1-63 How Reproducible: [quake@skjalfti4 quake]$ id uid=500(quake) gid=500(quake) groups=500(quake) [quake@skjalfti4 quake]$ grep quake /etc/passwd /etc/group [quake@skjalfti4 quake]$ ypmatch quake passwd quake:$1$QJKeF3qF$6.4j/gL2u73.p8FR59osv1:500:500:Quake Admin User:/home/quake:/bin/bash [quake@skjalfti4 quake]$ crontab -l # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall. # (/tmp/crontab.4421 installed on Sat Dec 1 16:38:11 2001) # (Cron version -- $Id: crontab.c,v 2.13 1994/01/17 03:20:37 vixie Exp $) # Athuga hvort AQ servernir siu ekki m gangi */5 * * * * /usr/local/games/tjekkaaq # Roteita loggum f. statmstmk. Gera ~ap kl. 08:01. 01 08 * * * /usr/local/games/rotatelogs [quake@skjalfti4 quake]$ ll /usr/local/games/tjekkaaq /usr/local/games/rotatelogs -rwxr-xr-x 1 quake quake 872 Sep 29 15:19 /usr/local/games/rotatelogs -rwxr-xr-x 1 quake quake 668 Sep 29 15:19 /usr/local/games/tjekkaaq from /var/log/cron: Dec 1 07:40:00 skjalfti4 CROND[3577]: (root) CMD (/usr/lib/sa/sa1 1 1) Dec 1 07:50:00 skjalfti4 CROND[3580]: (root) CMD (/usr/lib/sa/sa1 1 1) Dec 1 08:00:00 skjalfti4 CROND[3583]: (root) CMD (/usr/lib/sa/sa1 1 1) Dec 1 08:01:00 skjalfti4 CROND[3586]: (root) CMD (run-parts /etc/cron.hourly) Dec 1 08:10:00 skjalfti4 CROND[3591]: (root) CMD (/usr/lib/sa/sa1 1 1) Dec 1 08:20:00 skjalfti4 CROND[3646]: (root) CMD (/usr/lib/sa/sa1 1 1) Dec 1 08:30:00 skjalfti4 CROND[3649]: (root) CMD (/usr/lib/sa/sa1 1 1) [root@skjalfti4 root]# ll /var/spool/cron/quake -rw------- 1 root quake 365 Des 1 16:38 /var/spool/cron/quake Steps to Reproduce: See above. Actual Results: Nothing seems to happen Expected Results: crontab should be run. Additional Information: Something strange is going on. [quake@skjalfti4 games]$ date Lau Des 1 16:45:39 GMT 2001 [quake@skjalfti4 games]$ ls -lu tjekkaaq -rwxr-xr-x 1 quake quake 668 Des 1 16:45 tjekkaaq Looks like somebody read the script at the same time cron was supposed to run it, but it didnt get run.
I can't reproduce the bug with the steps you've given. Simple tests over NFS/NIS networks here (what we use internally here at Red Hat) seem to work. Can you give an example that uses only the OS and not quake?
Just clearing out old bugs here. This definitely works OK in latest version : vixie-cron-4.1-10