[CentOS] Strangest thing (crond every 5 min.)

Thu Apr 14 13:11:49 UTC 2005
Marcelo Renan Becher <marcelod2 at gmail.com>

Hi,

Look at /etc/cron.d !!

I think it can help you!


Mário Gamito escreveu:
> Hi,
> 
> I've installed CentOS-4 4 days ago.
> 
> Now, every 5 minutes, crond opens and close a root session, with no
> other info. Example:
> 
> Apr 14 16:25:01 tux crond(pam_unix)[4031]: session opened for user root
> by (uid=0)
> Apr 14 16:25:02 tux crond(pam_unix)[4031]: session closed for user root
> 
> 
> Every five minutes the same thing.
> 
> I have nothing in /etc/crontab that makes such a thing.
> 
> Does anyone knows why is this happening and what is crond doing ?
> 
> Any help would be apreciated.
> 
> 
> /etc/crontab:
> --------------------
> [root at tux cron.daily]# cat /etc/crontab
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
> MAILTO=root
> HOME=/
> 
> # run-parts
> 01 * * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.hourly
> 02 4 * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.daily
> 22 4 * * 0 root run-parts /etc/cron.weekly
> 42 4 1 * * root run-parts /etc/cron.monthly
> 00 3 * * 5 root /usr/local/bin/backup
> [root at tux cron.daily]#
> --------------------------------------------
> 
> 
> Warm Regards,
> Mário Gamito
> 
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Marcelo Renan Becher
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