Fwd: Cron <root at coyote> run-parts /etc/cron.daily

[Tony Nelson]

At 2:13 AM -0400 5/25/07, Gene Heskett wrote:
>On Thursday 24 May 2007, Tony Nelson wrote:
>>At 10:22 PM -0400 5/23/07, Gene Heskett wrote:
>>>Does anyone have a clue what this is all about?  I haven't mucked with
>>>bugzilla in a week or more, & never on this machine, just on a web page
>>> from somebody elses.
>>>
>>>----------  Forwarded Message  ----------
>>>
>>>Subject: Cron <root at coyote> run-parts /etc/cron.daily
>>>Date: Wednesday 23 May 2007
>>>From: Cron Daemon <root at coyote.coyote.den>
>>>To: root at coyote.coyote.den
>>>
>>>/etc/cron.daily/bugzilla:
>>
>> ...
>>
>>The script /etc/cron.daily/bugzilla had a problem.  To find out what
>>package it's from:
>>
>>    rpm -qf /etc/cron.daily/bugzilla
>>
>>and to learn more:
>>
>>    rpm -qilf /etc/cron.daily/bugzilla
>>
>>If there was a recent update to that package, you should look for .rpmnew
>>files.  I just look at all of them from time to time:
>>
>>    find / -name '*\.rpm?*'
>>
>>If there are some that are interesting, compare them to the current files:
>>
>>    diff -u /etc/interesting.conf /etc/interesting.conf.rpmnew | less
>>
>>Also look at the changelog:
>>
>>    rpm -qf /etc/cron.daily/bugzilla --changelog | less
>>
>>Search bugzilla at <http://bugzilla.redhat.com/> for
>>/etc/cron.daily/bugzilla or just bugzilla (probably too many hits though).
>>
>>Look at the script:
>>
>>    less /etc/cron.daily/bugzilla
>>
>>If you just don't want that script at all, disable it with:
>>
>>    chmod -x /etc/cron.daily/bugzilla
>
>Thanks, I'll check this out.
>
>The point being, that I wasn't running a bugzilla that I knew of.
>
>So I'm wondering what started it?

That's the point of doing:

    rpm -qf /etc/cron.daily/bugzilla

and to learn more:

    rpm -qilf /etc/cron.daily/bugzilla
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