Solaris

Hi everyone,

I got error which is "!bad user (root)" in crontab...

I tried changing password,
I checked etc/cron/cron.allow and cron.deny,
And also I checked the permissions of my files,

its(my crontab script) still not working....

Please help...

check the /etc/shadow file if your acc is locked .

thanks for your help,

I checked shadow file and user (root) is not locked...

what else can be?

most likely this is due to expiry or locking of account. Check the bellow link and give a try .

CRON: bad user - Sun Solaris

still not working....
there is no warn for pass in shadow file.

Thanks anyway... but i ll be waiting for other advises...
I have been trying to solve this problem from like 5 days...
I guess there is a solaris/cron expert in somewhere here...

Please post what exact Operating System and version you are running. Please make it clear whether crontabs other than root are affected too.
Please post:

Code:

ls -la /var/spool/cron/crontabs

Please post:
Three consecutive error entries from the cron log complete with timestamps.
Can you match these to actual crontab lines?

Please run:

Code:

# Password file checker program
pwck
# Group file checker program
grpck

Please check:
That root is the very first line in /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow .
(I've seen some very strange results when someone sorted the passwd file).

Please post the contents of:

Code:

/etc/default/cron

Operation system solaris(sunOS 5.10 Generic) And in cron log there is error (bad user root) only for root.

1. with ls -la /var/spool/cron/crontabs

Code:

root  sys         adm
root  root          lp
root  root          root
root   root       root.au
root   sys            sys
root   sys           uucp

comes.

2.there is no return for pwck and grpck commands

(I think it means passwords are ok or there is no inconsistencies.)

3. YES the root is the first line in passwd and shadow files
and
they are like below

Code:

passwd        root:x:::Super-user:/:/user/bin/bash

Code:

shadow        root:$md5$11111122223333444/:15443::::::

And "cronlog=YES" in /etc/default/cron


Thanks for help...