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Date:  Tue, 19 Sep 2006 12:39:38 -0500
From:  "Steve Davis" <steve (at mark) zio.com>
Subject:  [coba-e:07075] Re: Weird logs
To:  coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org
Cc:  coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org
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There is do 

ls -la /home/

Steve


coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org on Tuesday, September 19, 2006 at 11:25 AM +0000 wrote:
>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
>
>
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