Date:  Wed, 20 Sep 2006 11:21:15 +0200
From:  Arthur Sherman <arturs (at mark) netvision.net.il>
Subject:  [coba-e:07107] Re: Weird logs
To:  coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org
Message-Id:  <00f101c6dc96$1f629f80$3701a8c0@lapxp>
In-Reply-To:  <Pine.LNX.4.63.0609191200550.20418 (at mark) mail.nuonce.net>
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> Darrell,
> 
> I think I figured out the "weird logs" problem.  I just 
> realized I have 
> the same problem too, so it made it a little easier to trouble shoot.
> 
> Edit this file;
> 
> /etc/crontab
> 
> At the top of the file, make sure the first 5 lines looks like so:
> 
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
> MAILTO=root
> TMPDIR=/home/.tmp
> HOME=/
> 
> I think it is because of the TMPDIR line missing.  I am not 
> sure why it 
> got replaced.  By adding it back, and 1 last reboot (just to 
> clear out 
> everything), it should fix it by the next morning!
> 
> -Brian

Brian,

In case of yum and maybe other programs, what else should be modified to
work correctly with /home/.tmp ?

Thanks!


Best,

--
Arthur Sherman

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