[CentOS] strange cron message

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Tue, 28 Feb 2012 13:27:02 -0000

On 02/28/2012 07:45 AM, Michael Schumacher wrote:
> Hi,
>
> environment: new Centos 6 installation out of the box.
>
> somebody has an idea what causes this error mail to be sent?
>
> ---8<---
> Subject: Cron<root at fileserver1>
/usr/local/asc/bin/ascservicemonitor 2>&1>/dev/null
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
> Auto-Submitted: auto-generated
> X-Cron-Env:<SHELL=/bin/sh>
> X-Cron-Env:<HOME=/root>
> X-Cron-Env:<PATH=/usr/bin:/bin>
> X-Cron-Env:<LOGNAME=root>
> X-Cron-Env:<USER=root>
> Message-Id:<20120228122702.1F468101951 at XXXXXXXXXXX.XXXXX.de>
> Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 13:27:02 +0100 (CET)
>
> /bin/sh: /usr/local/asc/bin/ascservicemonitor: No such file or directory
> ---8<---
>
> This pops up every three minutes. There is no ascservicemonitor on
> that machine, I cannot find any reference to a file with this name and
> I cannot find a cron job that would be running every three minutes.
>
> any ideas?
>
>
>
> best regards
> ---
> Michael
>
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You could try as root

crontab -l

or

  ls /etc/cron*

As a start.

Also look at

ls /var/spool/cron


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