9:13 a.m.
With F19, I got email from cron on all jobs that produced output. I no
longer get those mails after upgrading to F20. I have verified that the
jobs are run. There are no entries in /var/log/maillog for them. Other
system tasks, not run through cron, send their emails as usual.
crontab has a "Mail to" line in it:
SHELL=/bin/bash
PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
MAILTO=root
Any idea what I need to do to get my cron email restored?
--
-- Steve
9:16 a.m.
Around 03:13pm on Friday, January 03, 2014 (UK time), Steven Stern wrote:
Any idea what I need to do to get my cron email restored?
Check if you have sendmail installed - it is no longer installed by
default on Fedora 20 and the default installation will no longer handle
local mail.
There is a long and entertaining thread about this if you like that sort
of thing :-)
Steve
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15:15:23 up 15 days, 22:44, 1 user, load average: 0.10, 0.05, 0.01
9:22 a.m.
On 01/03/2014 09:16 AM, Steve Searle wrote:
Around 03:13pm on Friday, January 03, 2014 (UK time), Steven Stern
wrote:
> Any idea what I need to do to get my cron email restored?
Check if you have sendmail installed - it is no longer installed by
default on Fedora 20 and the default installation will no longer handle
local mail.
There is a long and entertaining thread about this if you like that sort
of thing :-)
Steve
Sendmail is running. Other services (like yum-updatesd) are properly
sending mail.
$ ps -ef |grep sendmail
root 1803 1 0 09:17 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: accepting
connections
smmsp 1828 1 0 09:17 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: Queue
runner@01:00:00 for /var/spool/clientmqueue
--
-- Steve
9:37 a.m.
On Fri, Jan 03, 2014 at 09:22:17AM -0600, Steven Stern wrote:
On 01/03/2014 09:16 AM, Steve Searle wrote:
> Around 03:13pm on Friday, January 03, 2014 (UK time), Steven Stern wrote:
>
>> Any idea what I need to do to get my cron email restored?
>
> Check if you have sendmail installed - it is no longer installed by
> default on Fedora 20 and the default installation will no longer handle
> local mail.
>
> There is a long and entertaining thread about this if you like that sort
> of thing :-)
>
> Steve
>
>
>
Sendmail is running. Other services (like yum-updatesd) are properly
sending mail.
$ ps -ef |grep sendmail
root 1803 1 0 09:17 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: accepting
connections
smmsp 1828 1 0 09:17 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: Queue
runner@01:00:00 for /var/spool/clientmqueue
What does the following tell you?
# journalctl -ru sendmail
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Suvayu
Open source is the future. It sets us free.
9:43 a.m.
On 01/03/2014 09:37 AM, Suvayu Ali wrote:
On Fri, Jan 03, 2014 at 09:22:17AM -0600, Steven Stern wrote:
> On 01/03/2014 09:16 AM, Steve Searle wrote:
>> Around 03:13pm on Friday, January 03, 2014 (UK time), Steven Stern wrote:
>>
>>> Any idea what I need to do to get my cron email restored?
>>
>> Check if you have sendmail installed - it is no longer installed by
>> default on Fedora 20 and the default installation will no longer handle
>> local mail.
>>
>> There is a long and entertaining thread about this if you like that sort
>> of thing :-)
>>
>> Steve
>>
>>
>>
> Sendmail is running. Other services (like yum-updatesd) are properly
> sending mail.
>
>
> $ ps -ef |grep sendmail
> root 1803 1 0 09:17 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: accepting
> connections
> smmsp 1828 1 0 09:17 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: Queue
> runner@01:00:00 for /var/spool/clientmqueue
What does the following tell you?
# journalctl -ru sendmail
They tell me sendmail is running. The problem is with cron, not sendmail
-- Logs begin at Tue 2013-07-02 15:02:44 CDT, end at Fri 2014-01-03
09:41:58 CST. --
Jan 03 09:17:56 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local systemd[1]: Started Sendmail
Mail Transport Agent.
Jan 03 09:17:56 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local systemd[1]: PID file
/run/sendmail.pid not readable (yet?) after start.
Jan 03 09:17:56 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local sendmail[1803]: starting
daemon (8.14.7): SMTP+queueing@01:00:00
Jan 03 09:17:56 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local systemd[1]: Starting Sendmail
Mail Transport Agent...
Jan 03 09:17:56 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local systemd[1]: Stopping Sendmail
Mail Transport Agent...
Jan 03 09:17:49 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local systemd[1]: Started Sendmail
Mail Transport Agent.
Jan 03 09:17:49 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local sendmail[1082]: starting
daemon (8.14.7): SMTP+queueing@01:00:00
Jan 03 09:17:49 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local systemd[1]: Starting Sendmail
Mail Transport Agent...
-- Reboot --
Jan 03 09:16:24 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local systemd[1]: Stopped Sendmail
Mail Transport Agent.
Jan 03 09:16:24 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local systemd[1]: Stopping Sendmail
Mail Transport Agent...
Jan 03 08:19:25 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local sendmail[6755]: DIGEST-MD5
common mech free
Jan 03 08:19:25 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local sendmail[6755]: DIGEST-MD5
common mech free
Jan 03 08:19:25 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local sendmail[6755]:
s03EJMEh006753: to=<root(a)sterndata.com>, delay=00:00:03,
xdelay=00:00:02, mailer=relay, pri=132148, relay=smtp.gmai
Jan 03 08:19:23 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local sendmail[6755]:
STARTTLS=client, relay=smtp.gmail.com, version=TLSv1/SSLv3, verify=FAIL,
cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256, bits=1
Jan 03 08:19:22 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local sendmail[6753]:
s03EJMEh006753: from=<root(a)sds-desk-2.sterndata.com>, size=12148,
class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<201401031419.s03EJHrL00
Jan 03 07:25:43 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local sendmail[6233]: DIGEST-MD5
common mech free
Jan 03 07:25:43 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local sendmail[6233]:
s03DPePs006231: to=<sdstern(a)sds-desk-2.sterndata.com>, delay=00:00:03,
xdelay=00:00:03, mailer=relay, pri=230331, r
Jan 03 07:25:41 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local sendmail[6233]:
STARTTLS=client, relay=smtp.gmail.com, version=TLSv1/SSLv3, verify=FAIL,
cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256, bits=1
Jan 03 07:25:40 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local sendmail[6231]:
s03DPePs006231: from=<sdstern(a)sds-desk-2.sterndata.com>, size=2331,
class=-60, nrcpts=1, msgid=<201401031215.s03CF1
Jan 03 05:18:35 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local sendmail[5226]: DIGEST-MD5
common mech free
Jan 03 05:18:35 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local sendmail[5226]: DIGEST-MD5
common mech free
Jan 03 05:18:35 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local sendmail[5226]:
s03BIXeu005224: to=<root(a)sterndata.com>, delay=00:00:02,
xdelay=00:00:01, mailer=relay, pri=131029, relay=smtp.gmai
Jan 03 05:18:34 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local sendmail[5226]:
STARTTLS=client, relay=smtp.gmail.com, version=TLSv1/SSLv3, verify=FAIL,
cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256, bits=1
Jan 03 05:18:33 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local sendmail[5224]:
s03BIXeu005224: from=<root(a)sds-desk-2.sterndata.com>, size=11029,
class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<201401031118.s03BIX6G00
Jan 03 03:21:07 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local sendmail[4029]: DIGEST-MD5
common mech free
Jan 03 03:21:07 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local sendmail[4029]: DIGEST-MD5
common mech free
Jan 03 03:21:07 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local sendmail[4029]:
s039L4E5004027: to=<root(a)sds-desk-2.sterndata.com>, delay=00:00:03,
xdelay=00:00:03, mailer=relay, pri=234698, rela
Jan 03 03:21:05 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local sendmail[4029]:
STARTTLS=client, relay=smtp.gmail.com, version=TLSv1/SSLv3, verify=FAIL,
cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256, bits=1
Jan 03 03:21:04 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local sendmail[4027]:
s039L4E5004027: from=<root(a)sds-desk-2.sterndata.com>, size=6698,
class=-60, nrcpts=1, msgid=<201401030921.s039L4CZ0
Jan 03 02:18:35 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local sendmail[3195]: DIGEST-MD5
common mech free
Jan 03 02:18:35 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local sendmail[3195]: DIGEST-MD5
common mech free
Jan 03 02:18:34 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local sendmail[3195]:
s038IWjF003193: to=<root(a)sterndata.com>, delay=00:00:01,
xdelay=00:00:01, mailer=relay, pri=131029, relay=smtp.gmai
Jan 03 02:18:33 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local sendmail[3195]:
STARTTLS=client, relay=smtp.gmail.com, version=TLSv1/SSLv3, verify=FAIL,
cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256, bits=1
Jan 03 02:18:33 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local sendmail[3193]:
s038IWjF003193: from=<root(a)sds-desk-2.sterndata.com>, size=11029,
class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<201401030818.s038IWRY00
Jan 02 23:19:55 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local sendmail[1612]: DIGEST-MD5
common mech free
Jan 02 23:19:54 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local sendmail[1612]:
s035JqjF001610: to=<root(a)sterndata.com>, delay=00:00:02,
xdelay=00:00:02, mailer=relay, pri=131029, relay=smtp.gmai
Jan 02 23:19:53 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local sendmail[1612]:
STARTTLS=client, relay=smtp.gmail.com, version=TLSv1/SSLv3, verify=FAIL,
cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256, bits=1
Jan 02 23:19:52 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local sendmail[1610]:
s035JqjF001610: from=<root(a)sds-desk-2.sterndata.com>, size=11029,
class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<201401030519.s035JpPu00
Jan 02 06:20:37 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local sendmail[13694]: DIGEST-MD5
common mech free
Jan 02 06:20:37 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local sendmail[13694]: DIGEST-MD5
common mech free
J
--
-- Steve
10:21 a.m.
On Fri, Jan 03, 2014 at 09:43:21AM -0600, Steven Stern wrote:
On 01/03/2014 09:37 AM, Suvayu Ali wrote:
>
> What does the following tell you?
>
> # journalctl -ru sendmail
>
They tell me sendmail is running. The problem is with cron, not sendmail
I asked that to see whether sendmail successfully sent those emails; you
had already said sendmail is running, I believe you ;).
Jan 03 08:19:25 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local sendmail[6755]:
s03EJMEh006753: to=<root(a)sterndata.com>, delay=00:00:03, xdelay=00:00:02,
mailer=relay, pri=132148, relay=smtp.gmai
Jan 03 08:19:23 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local sendmail[6755]: STARTTLS=client,
relay=smtp.gmail.com, version=TLSv1/SSLv3, verify=FAIL,
cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256, bits=1
Jan 03 08:19:22 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local sendmail[6753]: s03EJMEh006753:
from=<root(a)sds-desk-2.sterndata.com>, size=12148, class=0, nrcpts=1,
msgid=<201401031419.s03EJHrL00
This seems suspicious. I see sendmail is trying to use gmail smtp,
probably that is why it fails? Part of the log is cutoff, I guess the
lines were too long for your screen.
This is a typical line for me:
Jan 03 04:35:36 localhost sendmail[23178]: s033ZZrq023178: from=<root@localhost>,
size=1535, class=-60, nrcpts=1, msgid=<201401030333.s033XSKY023169@localhost>,
proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=localhost [127.0.0.1]
Jan 03 04:35:36 localhost sendmail[23179]: s033ZZrq023178: to=jallad,
ctladdr=<root@localhost> (0/0), delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=local,
pri=139780, dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent
Hope this helps,
--
Suvayu
Open source is the future. It sets us free.
10:26 a.m.
On 01/03/2014 10:21 AM, Suvayu Ali wrote:
On Fri, Jan 03, 2014 at 09:43:21AM -0600, Steven Stern wrote:
> On 01/03/2014 09:37 AM, Suvayu Ali wrote:
>>
>> What does the following tell you?
>>
>> # journalctl -ru sendmail
>>
>
> They tell me sendmail is running. The problem is with cron, not sendmail
I asked that to see whether sendmail successfully sent those emails; you
had already said sendmail is running, I believe you ;).
> Jan 03 08:19:25 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local sendmail[6755]: s03EJMEh006753:
to=<root(a)sterndata.com>, delay=00:00:03, xdelay=00:00:02, mailer=relay, pri=132148,
relay=smtp.gmai
> Jan 03 08:19:23 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local sendmail[6755]: STARTTLS=client,
relay=smtp.gmail.com, version=TLSv1/SSLv3, verify=FAIL,
cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256, bits=1
> Jan 03 08:19:22 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local sendmail[6753]: s03EJMEh006753:
from=<root(a)sds-desk-2.sterndata.com>, size=12148, class=0, nrcpts=1,
msgid=<201401031419.s03EJHrL00
This seems suspicious. I see sendmail is trying to use gmail smtp,
probably that is why it fails? Part of the log is cutoff, I guess the
lines were too long for your screen.
This is a typical line for me:
Jan 03 04:35:36 localhost sendmail[23178]: s033ZZrq023178: from=<root@localhost>,
size=1535, class=-60, nrcpts=1, msgid=<201401030333.s033XSKY023169@localhost>,
proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=localhost [127.0.0.1]
Jan 03 04:35:36 localhost sendmail[23179]: s033ZZrq023178: to=jallad,
ctladdr=<root@localhost> (0/0), delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=local,
pri=139780, dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent
Hope this helps,
No, sendmail is working. I get mail from other system components. See
other messages. The problem is with cron, or someplace before sendmail
would be invoked.
--
-- Steve
9:18 a.m.
On Fri, Jan 03, 2014 at 09:13:37AM -0600, Steven Stern wrote:
With F19, I got email from cron on all jobs that produced output. I
no
longer get those mails after upgrading to F20. I have verified that the
jobs are run. There are no entries in /var/log/maillog for them. Other
system tasks, not run through cron, send their emails as usual.
crontab has a "Mail to" line in it:
SHELL=/bin/bash
PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
MAILTO=root
Any idea what I need to do to get my cron email restored?
# yum install sendmail # or any other MTA of your choice
<https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/users/2013-December/443441.html...
--
Suvayu
Open source is the future. It sets us free.
9:19 a.m.
On 01/03/2014 04:13 PM, Steven Stern wrote:
Any idea what I need to do to get my cron email restored?
Is it an upgraded system or a new install? If it is a new install
sendmail is no longer installed, so you have to install it yourself.
Lars
--
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http://www.sm6rpz.se/
9:22 a.m.
On 01/03/2014 09:19 AM, Lars E. Pettersson wrote:
On 01/03/2014 04:13 PM, Steven Stern wrote:
> Any idea what I need to do to get my cron email restored?
Is it an upgraded system or a new install? If it is a new install
sendmail is no longer installed, so you have to install it yourself.
Lars
It's an upgrade. Sendmail is installed, enabled, and working.
--
-- Steve
9:30 a.m.
On 01/03/2014 04:22 PM, Steven Stern wrote:
It's an upgrade. Sendmail is installed, enabled, and working.
Ah, OK. I also have an upgraded system, and I also have the same lines
in the crontab file, so I think it should just work. Strange. What is
the output of 'systemctl -l status crond.service'?
Lars
--
Lars E. Pettersson <lars(a)homer.se>
http://www.sm6rpz.se/
9:39 a.m.
On 01/03/2014 09:30 AM, Lars E. Pettersson wrote:
On 01/03/2014 04:22 PM, Steven Stern wrote:
> It's an upgrade. Sendmail is installed, enabled, and working.
Ah, OK. I also have an upgraded system, and I also have the same lines
in the crontab file, so I think it should just work. Strange. What is
the output of 'systemctl -l status crond.service'?
Lars
Cron is running. The job gets done. I just don't get the output.
(It's
my daily rdiff backup job.)
$ sudo systemctl -l status crond.service
crond.service - Command Scheduler
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/crond.service; enabled)
Active: active (running) since Fri 2014-01-03 09:17:31 CST; 14min ago
Main PID: 631 (crond)
CGroup: /system.slice/crond.service
└─631 /usr/sbin/crond -n
Jan 03 09:17:31 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local systemd[1]: Starting Command
Scheduler...
Jan 03 09:17:31 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local systemd[1]: Started Command
Scheduler.
Jan 03 09:17:31 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local crond[631]: (CRON) INFO
(RANDOM_DELAY will be scaled with factor 79% if used.)
Jan 03 09:17:31 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local crond[631]: (CRON) INFO
(running with inotify support)
Note: Cron's only been running for 14 minutes because I rebooted after
this morning's kernel update. It was running at 6:15 when this mornings
cron job was run.
$ crontab -l
# .---------------- minute (0 - 59)
# | .------------- hour (0 - 23)
# | | .---------- day of month (1 - 31)
# | | | .------- month (1 - 12) OR jan,feb,mar,apr ...
# | | | | .---- day of week (0 - 6) (Sunday=0 or 7) OR
sun,mon,tue,wed,thu,fri,sat
# | | | | |
# * * * * * command to be executed
15 6 * * * /home/sdstern/bin/do_rdiff
$grep rdiff /var/log/cron
Dec 29 06:15:01 sds-desk-2 CROND[4714]: (sdstern) CMD
(/home/sdstern/bin/do_rdiff)
Dec 30 06:15:01 sds-desk-2 CROND[31073]: (sdstern) CMD
(/home/sdstern/bin/do_rdiff)
Dec 31 06:15:01 sds-desk-2 CROND[29715]: (sdstern) CMD
(/home/sdstern/bin/do_rdiff)
Jan 1 06:15:01 sds-desk-2 CROND[21297]: (sdstern) CMD
(/home/sdstern/bin/do_rdiff)
Jan 2 06:15:01 sds-desk-2 CROND[13602]: (sdstern) CMD
(/home/sdstern/bin/do_rdiff)
Jan 3 06:15:01 sds-desk-2 CROND[5700]: (sdstern) CMD
(/home/sdstern/bin/do_rdiff)
Dec 20 06:15:01 sds-desk-2 CROND[902]: (sdstern) CMD
(/home/sdstern/bin/do_rdiff)
Dec 21 06:15:01 sds-desk-2 CROND[24816]: (sdstern) CMD
(/home/sdstern/bin/do_rdiff)
Dec 22 06:15:01 sds-desk-2 CROND[22374]: (sdstern) CMD
(/home/sdstern/bin/do_rdiff)
Dec 23 06:15:01 sds-desk-2 CROND[14503]: (sdstern) CMD
(/home/sdstern/bin/do_rdiff)
[sdstern@sds-
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-- Steve
9:50 a.m.
On 01/03/2014 04:39 PM, Steven Stern wrote:
$ crontab -l
I had only root do cron stuff, but set up a small cronjob for my own
user. That mail went through without a hitch. So it is probably not
related to who is running cron, root or an ordinary user.
Could there, for some reason, be that your script did not output any
data this time?
Lars
--
Lars E. Pettersson <lars(a)homer.se>
http://www.sm6rpz.se/
10:20 a.m.
On 01/03/2014 09:50 AM, Lars E. Pettersson wrote:
On 01/03/2014 04:39 PM, Steven Stern wrote:
> $ crontab -l
I had only root do cron stuff, but set up a small cronjob for my own
user. That mail went through without a hitch. So it is probably not
related to who is running cron, root or an ordinary user.
Could there, for some reason, be that your script did not output any
data this time?
Lars
When I run it manually, it produces about 40 lines of output.
--
-- Steve
10:01 a.m.
On Fri, 03 Jan 2014 09:13:37 -0600
Steven Stern <subscribed-lists(a)sterndata.com> wrote:
With F19, I got email from cron on all jobs that produced output. I
no longer get those mails after upgrading to F20. I have verified
that the jobs are run. There are no entries in /var/log/maillog for
them. Other system tasks, not run through cron, send their emails as
usual.
crontab has a "Mail to" line in it:
SHELL=/bin/bash
PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
MAILTO=root
Any idea what I need to do to get my cron email restored?
edit /etc/sysconfig/crond
Try adding : CRONDARGS=-m/usr/sbin/sendmail -t
see if that helps
___
Regards,
Frank
www.frankly3d.com
10:25 a.m.
On 01/03/2014 09:13 AM, Steven Stern wrote:
With F19, I got email from cron on all jobs that produced output. I
no
longer get those mails after upgrading to F20. I have verified that the
jobs are run. There are no entries in /var/log/maillog for them. Other
system tasks, not run through cron, send their emails as usual.
crontab has a "Mail to" line in it:
SHELL=/bin/bash
PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
MAILTO=root
Any idea what I need to do to get my cron email restored?
OK, this is getting weirder.
I created a cron job:
*/5 * * * * touch /tmp/cron-test; echo "cron test: " `date`
I stopped cron, deleted /var/log/cron*, created an empty /var/log/cron
and restarted it
Every 5 minutes, the timestamp on /tmp/cron-test is updated, BUT (1) I
don't get any email from cron with the stuff echoed and (2) nothing is
going into /var/log/cron. The file has not been touched.
So it appears that (1) cron jobs are running, but cron is no longer
logging the fact and (2) output from jobs the are supposed to produce
output is being lost.
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