https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=649500 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=649500#c0 Summary: checkproc does not work / changed behaviour Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 11.4 Version: Factory Platform: Other OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Basesystem AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: seife@novell.slipkontur.de QAContact: qa@suse.de Found By: Community User Blocker: --- On current FACTORY, root gets daily mails: Subject: cronjob@susi - daily - FAILURE running daily cronjob scripts SCRIPT: logrotate exited with RETURNCODE = 1. ---- Checking the logrotate cron script and syslog, I found: Oct 27 08:30:01 susi logrotate: ALERT another instance of logrotate is running - exiting susi:~ # head -n 7 /etc/cron.daily/logrotate #!/bin/sh # exit immediately if there is another instance running if checkproc /usr/sbin/logrotate; then /bin/logger -p cron.warning -t logrotate "ALERT another instance of logrotate is running - exiting" exit 1; fi; susi:~ # pidof logrotate; echo $? 1 susi:~ # ps xauwww|grep logrota Unknown HZ value! (73) Assume 1024. root 1860 0.0 0.0 6560 560 pts/8 S+ Oct23 0:00 grep logrota susi:~ # checkproc /usr/sbin/logrotate; echo $? 0 so it seems that checkproc finds a logrotate, even though none is running -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.