Mail from Cron

[hoppo1]

Last two days have had an email from Cron Daemon -

Cron <root@HOSTING-MAIL> test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily )

/etc/cron.daily/ntp:
gzip: peerstats.20070722.gz already exists; not overwritten

If I log into SSH and try the following -

HOSTING-MAIL:~# test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily )

I get -

/etc/cron.daily/ntp:
gzip: peerstats.20070722.gz already exists; do you wish to overwrite (y or n)?

Is this anything to worry about? How do I put it right?

Thanks.

 

[tom]

Last two days have had an email from Cron Daemon -

Cron <root@HOSTING-MAIL> test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily )

/etc/cron.daily/ntp:
gzip: peerstats.20070722.gz already exists; not overwritten

If I log into SSH and try the following -

HOSTING-MAIL:~# test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily )

I get -

/etc/cron.daily/ntp:
gzip: peerstats.20070722.gz already exists; do you wish to overwrite (y or n)?

Is this anything to worry about? How do I put it right?

Thanks.

hi,
please check if ntp is working properly (check your time on the server, check if you have access to the ntp servers - open firewall). you can savely overwrite the file. can you reproduce this issue?

 

[hoppo1]

Hi Tom,

I'll check to make sure ntp still open ( was previously and not aware of any change )

test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily )

reproduces the fault.

If the .gz files can be removed I'll copy them out to another folder see if this sorts the problem.

Phil.

 

[hoppo1]

NTP access is fine. I have copied out the peerstats.200707xx.gz files and ran test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily ) several times without problem.

I think peerstats.20070722.gz had become corrupt somehow as it's smaller in size than the other files in there.

I'll keep an eye on it but should be ok now.

Phil.

 

[tom]

NTP access is fine. I have copied out the peerstats.200707xx.gz files and ran test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily ) several times without problem.

I think peerstats.20070722.gz had become corrupt somehow as it's smaller in size than the other files in there.

I'll keep an eye on it but should be ok now.

Phil.

Ok, thanks for update