Re: Problems with periodic scripts in jails [Cron <operator_at_sosai> /usr/libexec/save-entropy]

Josef Karthauser writes:
> I'm getting some wierd emails from a jail (5.2.1) that I've got running.
> It appears that permissions are messed up periodically.

Hmmm.

> mv: /var/db/entropy/saved-entropy.7: No such file or directory
> mv: /var/db/entropy/saved-entropy.5: No such file or directory
> override r--------  operator/operator for /var/db/entropy/saved-entropy.5? =
> (y/n [n]) not overwritten
> override r--------  operator/operator for /var/db/entropy/saved-entropy.4? =
> (y/n [n]) not overwritten
> override r--------  operator/operator for /var/db/entropy/saved-entropy.3? =
> (y/n [n]) not overwritten
> override r--------  operator/operator for /var/db/entropy/saved-entropy.2? =
> (y/n [n]) not overwritten

Not the answer you are looking for, but the entropy cronjob is an example
of the type of cronjob that IMVHO should not be run in jails.

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Mark Murray
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