Broken Pipe?

[Wytze van der Raay]

Hi Mike,

> Here is the output of the 'DEBUG=yes sh -x /usr/sbin/lr_vendor_cron daily' command:
> 
> [root at mtdchfohfwexta1 root]# DEBUG=yes sh -x /usr/sbin/lr_vendor_cron daily
> .....
> + test '!' -r /var/log/maillog.1
> + debug 'Sending daily postfix report from /var/log/maillog.1 to root'
> + test yes = yes
> + echo lr_vendor_cron: 'Sending daily postfix report from /var/log/maillog.1 to root'
> lr_vendor_cron: Sending daily postfix report from /var/log/maillog.1 to root
> + return 0
> + eval 'grep postfix/'
> ++ grep postfix/
> + su - lire -c 'lr_run lr_log2mail -s '\''daily postfix report from /var/log/maillog.1'\'' postfix root'
> + logger -p user.info -t lire
> /usr/sbin/lr_vendor_cron: line 1: 15707 Broken pipe             grep postfix/
> 
> 
> As you can see, the "broken pipe" error occurs at the end of the debug info,
> and I still have no idea what is causing it.  The lr_vendor_cron
program is
> still running after it throws the broken pipe error, as I have to hit
CTRL-C
> to end it.  After I hit CTRL-C, the remaining debug output is displayed:
> 
> ...
> 
> Any ideas?

Hm, it helps a little bit but not enough unfortunately. The command that
is failing is the ´su - lire -c ´lr_run lr_log2mail ...´´, but the
reason it failed is not visible in this log because its error messages
have been redirected to syslog with the ´logger -p user.info -t lire´
command. Please take a look at your /var/log/messages and look for any
´lire´-tagged messages around the time you did this experiment. Those
will hopefully reveal the clue we´re looking for.

It´s also strange that the command kept running after the broken pipe;
that doesn´t quite fit with my theory that the lr_run ... bailed out early.

Anyway, please take a look at the lire errors in /var/log/messages (I am
assuming you are using the standard RedHat syslog setup) and let me know.

Regards,
Wytze van der Raay


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