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Stefan Helander

/etc/cron.daily/amavisd-new: Please run this cronjob as user amavis

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After a system update I started to receive cron messages saying “/etc/cron.daily/amavisd-new:
Please run this cronjob as user amavis”.

It turns out that this happens because the cron script is replaced by a new one located in /etc/cron.d and the one in /etc/cron.daily is left behind giving this error message.

Solution: After checking that the new script exists in /etc/cron.d, just delete /etc/cron.daily/amavisd-new

More information about this here (bug report).

Stefan Helander

How to change timezone and synchronize time in Debian Linux

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To ensure that things are being logged with correct time stamps in your system logs, it is important that your system is configured for your particular timezone and that your system clock is being synchronized to a correct time source. Normally when you set up your Debian Linux system the correct time zone will be choosen. If the time zone is set wrong for some reason it needs to be adjusted.

To check your current time zone issue the command:

# date
Wed Jul 15 11:05:15 UTC 2009

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