RE: [cobalt-users] Problem: Cron <root@www> run-parts /etc/cron.weekly

["Matt Brown" <matt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Today I received a error message with only the following clear text:
> ..................................................................
> From: root (Cron Daemon)
> To: root
> Subject: Cron <root@www> run-parts /etc/cron.weekly
> Read file error: ./resolv.conf.5 No such file or directory
> ..................................................................
> Any idea? I did a update from the server this week (raq4i) to all the
> latest Cobalt Sun updates.

Check the Cobalt KnowledgeBase !

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It states:

  Question

  After installing OS Update 2.0, I get this error from cron saying "Read
file error: ./resolv.conf.5 No such file or directory". How can I get rid of
it?


  Answer
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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SUN COBALT PRODUCTS ARE SERVER APPLIANCES AND ARE DESIGNED TO PROVIDE
SERVICES SUCH AS WEB HOSTING, E-MAIL, AND FILE SHARING, WHICH ARE ACCESSED
VIA A WEB-BASED USER INTERFACE. DIRECT ACCESS OR MODIFICATION OF THE
UNDERLYING SOFTWARE OR HARDWARE OF THE SUN COBALT PRODUCT IS NOT SUPPORTED
BY SUN COBALT AND WILL VOID YOUR PRODUCT WARRANTY. THE INFORMATION BELOW IS
PROVIDED "AS IS," FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. SUN COBALT WILL NOT BE
LIABLE FOR ANY LOSSES OR DAMAGES SUFFERED AS A RESULT OF YOUR USE OF THIS
INFORMATION. PHONE AND WEB-BASED SUPPORT WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR SYSTEM
ISSUES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THIS INFORMATION.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Telnet to the server as admin and su - to root. Change directory to
/usr/man/man5

Type this:
cp resolver.5.gz resolver.5.gz.bak
gunzip resolver.5.gz
mv resolver.5.gz.bak resolver.5.gz

That will get rid of the errors and still maintain both symlinks.