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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Well it didn’t run because when I su rancid and execute:<br>/root $ /tmp/test.sh<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>bash: /tmp/test.sh: /bin/sh^M: bad interpreter: No such file or directory<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>running: sh /tmp/test.sh<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>produces a log file with the following content:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>/root<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>How to fix the script?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=RU>From:</span></b><span lang=RU> Alexander Griesser [mailto:AGriesser@anexia-it.com] <br><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<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><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:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE>Create the file „/tmp/envtest.sh“ with the following content:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE>#!/bin/sh<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE>export > /tmp/envtest.log<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE>set >> /tmp/envtest.log<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE>pwd >> /tmp/envtest.log<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE>Save it and run `chmod 755 /tmp/envtest.sh`.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE>Add the following line to your crontab:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>0 * * * * rancid /tmp/envtest.sh<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>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><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Best,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=DE-AT style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Alexander Griesser<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE-AT style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Head of Systems Operations<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE-AT style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE-AT style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>ANEXIA Internetdienstleistungs GmbH<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE-AT style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><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> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><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> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE-AT style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE-AT style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#595959'>Anschrift Hauptsitz Klagenfurt: Feldkirchnerstraße 140, 9020 Klagenfurt<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE-AT style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#595959'>Geschäftsführer: Alexander Windbichler<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><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<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=DE>Von:</span></b><span lang=DE> Vacheslav [<a href="mailto:m_zouhairy@skno.by">mailto:m_zouhairy@skno.by</a>] <br><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<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><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<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Thanks for the answer.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><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>] <br><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<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE>Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE>What does `grep rancid /etc/passwd` return on your system? Is /var/rancid liste das the home directory for this account?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE>Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=DE-AT style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Alexander Griesser<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE-AT style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Head of Systems Operations<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE-AT style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE-AT style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>ANEXIA Internetdienstleistungs GmbH<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE-AT style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><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> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><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> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE-AT style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE-AT style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#595959'>Anschrift Hauptsitz Klagenfurt: Feldkirchnerstraße 140, 9020 Klagenfurt<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE-AT style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#595959'>Geschäftsführer: Alexander Windbichler<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><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<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><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<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Peace, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I configured crontab as root as such:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>0 */6 * * * rancid /usr/bin/rancid-run<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal># Clean out config differ logs5<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>0 23 * * * rancid /usr/bin/find /var/rancid/logs -type f -mtime +2 -exec rm {} \<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>But an error is logged:<br>clogin error: Error: password file (//.cloginrc) does not exist<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I do not understand what the path // is. The .cloginrc file is in /var/rancid<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Or is it absolutely necessary to run cron as user rancid? <br>p.s I’m using rancid 3.7<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>