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Old 01-28-2011, 01:39 PM   #1
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Strange message from cron


I just installed redhat enterprise 5 and I keep getting a stange message from cron (root) every few minutes, even though the root crontab is empty.
Code:
From: root@localhost.localdomain (Cron Daemon)
To: root@localhost.localdomain
Subject: Cron <root@fileserver> python /usr/share/rhn/virtualization/poller.py
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Auto-Submitted: auto-generated
X-Cron-Env: <SHELL=/bin/sh>
X-Cron-Env: <HOME=/root>
X-Cron-Env: <PATH=/usr/bin:/bin>
X-Cron-Env: <LOGNAME=root>
X-Cron-Env: <USER=root>

libvir: Remote error : unable to connect to '/var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock', lib
virtd may need to be started: No such file or directory
I don't have any virtualization setup and xen isn't even installed. How can i stop this? it is making my root mail file massive.
 
Old 01-28-2011, 01:42 PM   #2
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Take a look in the
Quote:
/etc/cron.*
directory for any cron causing this.

Kind regards
 
Old 01-28-2011, 02:51 PM   #3
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Thanks, I didn't know about those directories. I did find the entry that was causing the problem and deleted it.
 
  


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