Spotted on ms-be2001 running stretch and reported in Debian as https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=864242
/etc/cron.monthly/acct: couldn't open file '': No such file or directory last: cannot open : No such file or directory
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| Project | Branch | Lines +/- | Subject | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| operations/puppet | production | +71 -0 | toil: mitigate monthly acct cronspam | |
| operations/puppet | production | +67 -0 | acct: Add 2 line cron patch to mitigate cronspam |
| Status | Subtype | Assigned | Task | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | None | T132324 Tracking and Reducing cron-spam to root@ | |||
| Resolved | colewhite | T167035 stretch acct monthly cron will spam when /var/log/wtmp.1 doesn't exist |
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FYI This still happens in buster too, the Debian bug is still open.
We've 88 hosts that don't have /var/log/wtmp.1 and they spammed cronspam today.
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Change 569532 had a related patch set uploaded (by Jcrespo; owner: Jcrespo):
[operations/puppet@production] acct: Add 2 line cron patch to mitigate cronspam
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Change 593750 had a related patch set uploaded (by Cwhite; owner: Cwhite):
[operations/puppet@production] toil: mitigate monthly acct cronspam
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Change 593750 merged by Cwhite:
[operations/puppet@production] toil: mitigate monthly acct cronspam