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Old 10-06-2011
crond: Authentication token is no longer valid; new one required.

Hi can any one please help me
with this

there are some cron jobs running on one of production servers i noticed the jobs are not running for long time, when i checked the logs i founf this message,

information form the server
Code:
[root@SERVER1]# chage -l root
Minimum:        0
Maximum:        99999
Warning:        7
Inactive:       -1
Last Change:            Dec 22, 2009
Password Expires:       Never
Password Inactive:      Never
Account Expires:        Never

Code:
 [root@SERVER1]# crontab -u root -l

01-59 * * * * /production/riskadm/management/kill_locks

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Old 10-06-2011
The problem does not appear to be the root account.

Try running the command from the command line as the root user. It is likely something in kill_locks, like an su command.
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Old 10-06-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by jim mcnamara
The problem does not appear to be the root account.

Try running the command from the command line as the root user. It is likely something in kill_locks, like an su command.
sorry the messge was incomplete
crond: Authentication token is no longer valid; new one required

this is the log message i noticed
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