Re: Ghost cronjob

From	David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Ghost cronjob
Date	2021-05-04 18:10 +0200
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On Tue 04 May 2021 at 17:06:50 (+0200), Mart van de Wege wrote:
> Sven Hartge writes:
> > Mart van de Wege wrote:
> >
> >> Nope, not ephemeral at all, it's PID 1. Since I don't have timers
> >> running this job, apparently there's a zombie process somewhere?
> >
> > PID 1 hints at a systemd.timer, even if you have dismissed this
> > previously. Also the start time of just after midnight hints at this.
> >
> > And when I look at the current btrbk package in Sid/Testing I do indeed
> > see it ships a timer in /usr/lib/systtemd/
> >
> > So, there is your answer then.
> 
> Well whaddayaknow. I hadn't checked the system timers under
> /usr/lib/systemd/
> 
> And that is the bastard running the ghost job.
> 
> Surely packaging a system timer file like that should not be done? It
> should be at the discretion of the admin to create one if they want to
> run btrbk on a schedule.

I think this has been discussed in the past, and that installing a
package is generally seen as meaning that you want it to run: Debian
therefore tries to supply a reasonable and secure configuration.

But I can't help wondering what was the result of both systemd *and*
your cron job running btrbk at the same time. Do you have backups of
the logs?

Cheers,
David.

Thread

Ghost cronjob Mart van de Wege <mart@vdwege.eu> - 2021-05-03 09:10 +0200
  Re: Ghost cronjob <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2021-05-03 09:20 +0200
    Re: Ghost cronjob Mart van de Wege <mart@vdwege.eu> - 2021-05-03 10:00 +0200
      Re: Ghost cronjob <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2021-05-03 11:30 +0200
        Re: Ghost cronjob Mart van de Wege <mart@vdwege.eu> - 2021-05-03 12:10 +0200
  Re: Ghost cronjob Mart van de Wege <mart@vdwege.eu> - 2021-05-03 09:20 +0200
  Re: Ghost cronjob David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-05-03 16:50 +0200
    Re: Ghost cronjob Mart van de Wege <mart@vdwege.eu> - 2021-05-03 18:40 +0200
  Re: Ghost cronjob Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2021-05-03 18:50 +0200
    Re: Ghost cronjob Mart van de Wege <mart@vdwege.eu> - 2021-05-03 20:20 +0200
      Re: Ghost cronjob Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2021-05-03 20:40 +0200
        Re: Ghost cronjob <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2021-05-03 21:40 +0200
        Re: Ghost cronjob Mart van de Wege <mart@vdwege.eu> - 2021-05-03 22:00 +0200
          Re: Ghost cronjob Mart van de Wege <mart@vdwege.eu> - 2021-05-04 08:50 +0200
            Re: Ghost cronjob Sven Hartge <sven@svenhartge.de> - 2021-05-04 15:50 +0200
              Re: Ghost cronjob Mart van de Wege <mart@vdwege.eu> - 2021-05-04 17:10 +0200
                Re: Ghost cronjob David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-05-04 18:10 +0200
                Re: Ghost cronjob Mart van de Wege <mart@vdwege.eu> - 2021-05-04 20:00 +0200
                Re: Ghost cronjob Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2021-05-04 21:30 +0200
                Re: Ghost cronjob David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-05-05 04:50 +0200
                Re: Ghost cronjob l0f4r0@tuta.io - 2021-05-08 10:20 +0200
                Re: Ghost cronjob Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2021-05-08 12:00 +0200

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