Line 24 of /etc/cron.daily/sysklogd.cron reads: /bin/chown root.adm $LOG It should read: /bin/chown root:adm $LOG Otherwise the job fails with "bad user", and you get a mail from cron. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Portage 2.0.49-r15 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.3.2, glibc-2.3.2-r9, 2.4.20-gentoo-r5) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.20-gentoo-r5 i686 Pentium II (Deschutes) Gentoo Base System version 1.4.3.12 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-march=pentium2 -O3 -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/config /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /var/bind /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /var/qmail/control /var/qmail/alias" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=pentium2 -O3 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="sandbox ccache autoaddcvs" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://trumpetti.atm.tut.fi/gentoo/ http://ftp.gentoo.skynet.be/ http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="oss foomaticdb mad xmms tcltk esd x86 -3dnow -apm -arts avi berkdb crypt cups curl encode firebird gd gdbm gif gpm gtk imap imlib java jpeg -kde -gnome -libg++ libwww mcal -mikmod maildir -mbox mmx motif mpeg mysql ncurses nls oggvorbis opengl pam pdflib png python perl qt -quicktime readline -sdl slang -spell ssl svga tcpd truetype -X xml xml2 -xv zlib"
Just saw that there was a fix :P Sorry for the inconvenience
