Subject: Re: /netbsd: cron (pid ...) changing logname...
To: None <tech-kern@netbsd.org>
From: None <kpneal@pobox.com>
List: tech-kern
Date: 02/18/2003 21:47:36
On Tue, Feb 18, 2003 at 07:51:44PM -0500, Sean Davis wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 12:09:55AM +0000, David Laight wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 18, 2003 at 01:39:10PM -0500, Sean Davis wrote:
> > > I've noticed that kern_prot.c now syslogs when logname gets changed,
> > > however, it does so without adding a newline to the end of the line.
> >
> > I'm sure I saw newlines when I tested it :-(
> >
> > It should also be noted that the message almost certainly indicates
> > an error in the code that is calling setlogname().
> >
>
> Well, cron is spitting it at me every time it does something.
Well, if someone is going to look at cron then I'd appreciate looking at:
bin/15142: cron doesn't use login.conf process limits.
I even added a patch which might even work.
--
Kevin P. Neal http://www.pobox.com/~kpn/
"Oh, I've heard that paradox a couple of times, but there's something
about a cat dying and I hate to think of such things."
- Dr. Donald Knuth speaking of Schrodinger's cat, December 8, 1999, MIT