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<p class="MsoNormal">I fixed that by running:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">su –l “/tmp/test.sh” rancid<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The “-l” says to make it a login shell so the environment variables will load.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">--Chris<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Rancid-discuss <rancid-discuss-bounces@shrubbery.net> on behalf of Vacheslav <m_zouhairy@skno.by><br>
<b>Date: </b>Tuesday, October 3, 2017 at 7:37 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>'Alexander Griesser' <AGriesser@anexia-it.com>, "rancid-discuss@shrubbery.net" <rancid-discuss@shrubbery.net><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [rancid] problem with rancid crontab<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="color:#1F497D">Well it didn’t run because when I su rancid and execute:<br>
/root $ /tmp/test.sh</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="color:#1F497D">bash: /tmp/test.sh: /bin/sh^M: bad interpreter: No such file or directory</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="color:#1F497D">running: sh /tmp/test.sh</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="color:#1F497D">produces a log file with the following content:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="color:#1F497D">/root</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="color:#1F497D">How to fix the script?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span lang="RU">From:</span></b><span lang="RU"> Alexander Griesser [mailto:AGriesser@anexia-it.com]
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, October 3, 2017 4:53 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Vacheslav <m_zouhairy@skno.by>; rancid-discuss@shrubbery.net<br>
<b>Subject:</b> AW: [rancid] problem with rancid crontab</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="DE">I’m not sure if your answer means that the problem is solved now or not; if it isn’t, please add the following testscript as a cronjob and check the output:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="DE"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="DE">Create the file „/tmp/envtest.sh“ with the following content:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="DE">#!/bin/sh</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="DE">export > /tmp/envtest.log</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="DE">set >> /tmp/envtest.log</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="DE">pwd >> /tmp/envtest.log</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="DE"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="DE">Save it and run `chmod 755 /tmp/envtest.sh`.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="DE">Add the following line to your crontab:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="DE"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">0 * * * * rancid /tmp/envtest.sh<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Wait a minute and check /tmp/envtest.log; you should see the environment and current working directory in the logfile then which might help to diagnose this issue.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Best,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="DE"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="DE"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Alexander Griesser</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Head of Systems Operations</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">ANEXIA Internetdienstleistungs GmbH</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">E-Mail:
<a href="mailto:AGriesser@anexia-it.com"><span style="color:blue">AGriesser@anexia-it.com</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Web:
<a href="http://www.anexia-it.com/"><span style="color:blue">http://www.anexia-it.com</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#595959">Anschrift Hauptsitz Klagenfurt: Feldkirchnerstraße 140, 9020 Klagenfurt</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#595959">Geschäftsführer: Alexander Windbichler</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#595959">Firmenbuch: FN 289918a | Gerichtsstand: Klagenfurt | UID-Nummer: AT U63216601</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span lang="DE">Von:</span></b><span lang="DE"> Vacheslav [<a href="mailto:m_zouhairy@skno.by">mailto:m_zouhairy@skno.by</a>]
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<b>Gesendet:</b> Dienstag, 3. Oktober 2017 15:45<br>
<b>An:</b> Alexander Griesser <<a href="mailto:AGriesser@anexia-it.com">AGriesser@anexia-it.com</a>>;
<a href="mailto:rancid-discuss@shrubbery.net">rancid-discuss@shrubbery.net</a><br>
<b>Betreff:</b> RE: [rancid] problem with rancid crontab</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="DE"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="color:#1F497D">Well if it were properly set, the error would be clear.<br>
rancid:x:103:101:added by portage for rancid:/var/rancid:/bin/bash</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="color:#1F497D">Thanks for the answer.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span lang="RU">From:</span></b><span lang="RU"> Alexander Griesser [<a href="mailto:AGriesser@anexia-it.com">mailto:AGriesser@anexia-it.com</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, October 3, 2017 4:16 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Vacheslav <<a href="mailto:m_zouhairy@skno.by">m_zouhairy@skno.by</a>>;
<a href="mailto:rancid-discuss@shrubbery.net">rancid-discuss@shrubbery.net</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> AW: [rancid] problem with rancid crontab</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="DE">Hi,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="DE"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="DE">You can set the CWD to ~rancid first and then execute „rancid-run“, but this is (at least to my experience) not necessary if the home directory for your rancid user iss et properly in /etc/passwd.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="DE">What does `grep rancid /etc/passwd` return on your system? Is /var/rancid liste das the home directory for this account?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="DE"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="DE">Best,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="DE"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Alexander Griesser</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Head of Systems Operations</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">ANEXIA Internetdienstleistungs GmbH</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">E-Mail:
<a href="mailto:AGriesser@anexia-it.com"><span style="color:blue">AGriesser@anexia-it.com</span></a>
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Web:
<a href="http://www.anexia-it.com/"><span style="color:blue">http://www.anexia-it.com</span></a>
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#595959">Anschrift Hauptsitz Klagenfurt: Feldkirchnerstraße 140, 9020 Klagenfurt</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#595959">Geschäftsführer: Alexander Windbichler</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#595959">Firmenbuch: FN 289918a | Gerichtsstand: Klagenfurt | UID-Nummer: AT U63216601</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span lang="DE">Von:</span></b><span lang="DE"> Rancid-discuss [<a href="mailto:rancid-discuss-bounces@shrubbery.net">mailto:rancid-discuss-bounces@shrubbery.net</a>]
<b>Im Auftrag von </b>Vacheslav<br>
<b>Gesendet:</b> Dienstag, 3. Oktober 2017 14:23<br>
<b>An:</b> <a href="mailto:rancid-discuss@shrubbery.net">rancid-discuss@shrubbery.net</a><br>
<b>Betreff:</b> [rancid] problem with rancid crontab</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="DE"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Peace, <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">I configured crontab as root as such:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">0 */6 * * * rancid /usr/bin/rancid-run<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"># Clean out config differ logs5<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">0 23 * * * rancid /usr/bin/find /var/rancid/logs -type f -mtime +2 -exec rm {} \<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">But an error is logged:<br>
clogin error: Error: password file (//.cloginrc) does not exist<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">I do not understand what the path // is. The .cloginrc file is in /var/rancid<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Or is it absolutely necessary to run cron as user rancid?
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p.s I’m using rancid 3.7<o:p></o:p></p>
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