289215 – sys-process/vixie-cron won't run jobs for nis users

Bug 289215 - sys-process/vixie-cron won't run jobs for nis users

Summary: sys-process/vixie-cron won't run jobs for nis users

Status:	RESOLVED OBSOLETE

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Deadline:	2019-10-11
Assignee:	No maintainer - Look at https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Proxy_Maintainers if you want to take care of it

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Keywords:	PMASKED

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Reported:	2009-10-15 15:57 UTC by Karl Hakimian
Modified:	2019-10-11 15:07 UTC (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Description Karl Hakimian 2009-10-15 15:57:43 UTC

By default vixie-cron starts before ypbind, so any user in nis that has cron jobs will not have the jobs run because they are unknown.

Adding use ypbind to the init.d file should take care of this.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. As an nis user, create a cron job
2. reboot the machine
3. See errors in log file about ORPHAN (no passwd entry)

Actual Results:  
Errors in log about no passwd entry

Expected Results:  
cron jobs should run

Should only need a quick edit to /etc/init.d/vixie-cron to add use ypbind.

Comment 1 Thilo Bangert (RETIRED) (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2009-10-31 22:34:09 UTC

so restarting vixie-cron after ypbind has started fixes this?

Comment 2 Michał Górny archtester

2019-10-11 15:07:49 UTC

Package removed.