tmpwatch error

pwaara

• October 18, 2016 14:26

I've started getting the following error recently. No changes have been made to the server that I am aware of. Any help in solving this error is greatly appreciated.
Anacron job 'cron.daily' /etc/cron.daily/tmpwatch: error: error reading directory entry: No such file or directory error: cleanup failed in /tmp: No such file or directory error: error reading directory entry: No such file or directory error: cleanup failed in /var/tmp: No such file or directory error: error reading directory entry: No such file or directory error: cleanup failed in /var/cache/man/cat1: No such file or directory error: error reading directory entry: No such file or directory error: cleanup failed in /var/cache/man/cat2: No such file or directory error: error reading directory entry: No such file or directory error: cleanup failed in /var/cache/man/cat3: No such file or directory error: error reading directory entry: No such file or directory error: cleanup failed in /var/cache/man/cat4: No such file or directory error: error reading directory entry: No such file or directory error: cleanup failed in /var/cache/man/cat5: No such file or directory error: error reading directory entry: No such file or directory error: cleanup failed in /var/cache/man/cat6: No such file or directory error: error reading directory entry: No such file or directory error: cleanup failed in /var/cache/man/cat7: No such file or directory error: error reading directory entry: No such file or directory error: cleanup failed in /var/cache/man/cat8: No such file or directory error: error reading directory entry: No such file or directory error: cleanup failed in /var/cache/man/cat9: No such file or directory error: error reading directory entry: No such file or directory error: cleanup failed in /var/cache/man/catn: No such file or directory error: error reading directory entry: No such file or directory error: cleanup failed in /var/cache/man/X11R6/cat1: No such file or directory error: error reading directory entry: No such file or directory error: cleanup failed in /var/cache/man/X11R6/cat2: No such file or directory error: error reading directory entry: No such file or directory error: cleanup failed in /var/cache/man/X11R6/cat3: No such file or directory error: error reading directory entry: No such file or directory error: cleanup failed in /var/cache/man/X11R6/cat4: No such file or directory error: error reading directory entry: No such file or directory error: cleanup failed in /var/cache/man/X11R6/cat5: No such file or directory error: error reading directory entry: No such file or directory error: cleanup failed in /var/cache/man/X11R6/cat6: No such file or directory error: error reading directory entry: No such file or directory error: cleanup failed in /var/cache/man/X11R6/cat7: No such file or directory error: error reading directory entry: No such file or directory error: cleanup failed in /var/cache/man/X11R6/cat8: No such file or directory error: error reading directory entry: No such file or directory error: cleanup failed in /var/cache/man/X11R6/cat9: No such file or directory error: error reading directory entry: No such file or directory error: cleanup failed in /var/cache/man/X11R6/catn: No such file or directory error: error reading directory entry: No such file or directory error: cleanup failed in /var/cache/man/local/cat1: No such file or directory error: error reading directory entry: No such file or directory error: cleanup failed in /var/cache/man/local/cat2: No such file or directory error: error reading directory entry: No such file or directory error: cleanup failed in /var/cache/man/local/cat3: No such file or directory error: error reading directory entry: No such file or directory error: cleanup failed in /var/cache/man/local/cat4: No such file or directory error: error reading directory entry: No such file or directory error: cleanup failed in /var/cache/man/local/cat5: No such file or directory error: error reading directory entry: No such file or directory error: cleanup failed in /var/cache/man/local/cat6: No such file or directory error: error reading directory entry: No such file or directory error: cleanup failed in /var/cache/man/local/cat7: No such file or directory error: error reading directory entry: No such file or directory error: cleanup failed in /var/cache/man/local/cat8: No such file or directory error: error reading directory entry: No such file or directory error: cleanup failed in /var/cache/man/local/cat9: No such file or directory error: error reading directory entry: No such file or directory error: cleanup failed in /var/cache/man/local/catn: No such file or directory

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  pwaara

  • October 19, 2016 02:19

  Apparently, ptrace was enabled on the server and was causing issues with many root actions, including cron jobs. My hosting provider disabled it and rebooted the server. It appears to be fixed.

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  cPLevey

  • October 20, 2016 01:23

  Thanks for sharing the fix! I'm glad you were able to get this resolved.

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