Date:  Tue, 19 Sep 2006 11:25:43 -0500
From:  Larry Smith <lesmith (at mark) ecsis.net>
Subject:  [coba-e:07073] Re: Weird logs
To:  coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org
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Hmmm, there is no /home/.tmp directory on any of my systems.  Is this supposed 
to exist, or does it get created or should it be /tmp (which /home/tmp is a 
link to) ???

-- 
Larry Smith
SysAd ECSIS.NET
sysad (at mark) ecsis.net

On Tuesday 19 September 2006 11:02, Brian N. Smith wrote:
> Darrell,
>
> I think I figured out the "weird logs" problem.  I just realized I have
> the same problem too, so it made it a little easier to trouble shoot.
>
> Edit this file;
>
> /etc/crontab
>
> At the top of the file, make sure the first 5 lines looks like so:
>
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
> MAILTO=root
> TMPDIR=/home/.tmp
> HOME=/
>
> I think it is because of the TMPDIR line missing.  I am not sure why it
> got replaced.  By adding it back, and 1 last reboot (just to clear out
> everything), it should fix it by the next morning!
>
> -Brian