Cron Messages

NodeWorx Bugs
1

I’m getting emails from cron now that look like the below. I got the first two days ago, and now two of the long one today. Is this a bug or nothing to worry about?

First:
ERROR: start (1087769659) should be less than end (1087769654)
ERROR: start (1087769659) should be less than end (1087769654)

Second:
ERROR: start (1087986079) should be less than end (1087986078)
ERROR: start (1087986079) should be less than end (1087986078)
ERROR: start (1087986079) should be less than end (1087986078)
ERROR: start (1087986079) should be less than end (1087986078)
ERROR: start (1087986080) should be less than end (1087986078)
ERROR: start (1087986080) should be less than end (1087986078)
ERROR: start (1087986081) should be less than end (1087986078)
ERROR: start (1087986081) should be less than end (1087986078)
ERROR: illegal attempt to update using time 1087986082 when last update time is 1087986082 (minimum one second step)
ERROR: illegal attempt to update using time 1087986083 when last update time is 1087986083 (minimum one second step)
ERROR: illegal attempt to update using time 1087986085 when last update time is 1087986085 (minimum one second step)
ERROR: could not lock RRD
ERROR: could not lock RRD
ERROR: illegal attempt to update using time 1087986087 when last update time is 1087986087 (minimum one second step)
ERROR: illegal attempt to update using time 1087986088 when last update time is 1087986088 (minimum one second step)
ERROR: could not lock RRD
ERROR: illegal attempt to update using time 1087986089 when last update time is 1087986089 (minimum one second step)
ERROR: illegal attempt to update using time 1087986091 when last update time is 1087986091 (minimum one second step)
ERROR: illegal attempt to update using time 1087986091 when last update time is 1087986091 (minimum one second step)
ERROR: illegal attempt to update using time 1087986092 when last update time is 1087986092 (minimum one second step)
ERROR: illegal attempt to update using time 1087986092 when last update time is 1087986092 (minimum one second step)
ERROR: illegal attempt to update using time 1087986093 when last update time is 1087986093 (minimum one second step)
ERROR: illegal attempt to update using time 1087986094 when last update time is 1087986094 (minimum one second step)
ERROR: illegal attempt to update using time 1087986094 when last update time is 1087986094 (minimum one second step)
ERROR: could not lock RRD
ERROR: illegal attempt to update using time 1087986113 when last update time is 1087986113 (minimum one second step)
ERROR: illegal attempt to update using time 1087986113 when last update time is 1087986113 (minimum one second step)
ERROR: illegal attempt to update using time 1087986114 when last update time is 1087986114 (minimum one second step)
ERROR: illegal attempt to update using time 1087986115 when last update time is 1087986115 (minimum one second step)
ERROR: could not lock RRD
ERROR: could not lock RRD
ERROR: could not lock RRD
ERROR: illegal attempt to update using time 1087986124 when last update time is 1087986124 (minimum one second step)
ERROR: illegal attempt to update using time 1087986126 when last update time is 1087986126 (minimum one second step)
ERROR: illegal attempt to update using time 1087986127 when last update time is 1087986127 (minimum one second step)
ERROR: illegal attempt to update using time 1087986129 when last update time is 1087986129 (minimum one second step)
ERROR: could not lock RRD
ERROR: illegal attempt to update using time 1087986138 when last update time is 1087986138 (minimum one second step)
ERROR: could not lock RRD
ERROR: could not lock RRD
ERROR: illegal attempt to update using time 1087986141 when last update time is 1087986141 (minimum one second step)
ERROR: illegal attempt to update using time 1087986141 when last update time is 1087986141 (minimum one second step)
ERROR: illegal attempt to update using time 1087986142 when last update time is 1087986142 (minimum one second step)
ERROR: could not lock RRD
ERROR: illegal attempt to update using time 1087986145 when last update time is 1087986145 (minimum one second step)
ERROR: illegal attempt to update using time 1087986148 when last update time is 1087986148 (minimum one second step)
ERROR: illegal attempt to update using time 1087986150 when last update time is 1087986150 (minimum one second step)
ERROR: illegal attempt to update using time 1087986150 when last update time is 1087986150 (minimum one second step)
ERROR: illegal attempt to update using time 1087986151 when last update time is 1087986151 (minimum one second step)
ERROR: illegal attempt to update using time 1087986152 when last update time is 1087986152 (minimum one second step)
ERROR: could not lock RRD
ERROR: illegal attempt to update using time 1087986155 when last update time is 1087986155 (minimum one second step)
ERROR: illegal attempt to update using time 1087986157 when last update time is 1087986157 (minimum one second step)
ERROR: could not lock RRD
ERROR: illegal attempt to update using time 1087986166 when last update time is 1087986166 (minimum one second step)
ERROR: illegal attempt to update using time 1087986167 when last update time is 1087986167 (minimum one second step)
ERROR: illegal attempt to update using time 1087986175 when last update time is 1087986175 (minimum one second step)
ERROR: illegal attempt to update using time 1087986175 when last update time is 1087986175 (minimum one second step)
ERROR: illegal attempt to update using time 1087986176 when last update time is 1087986176 (minimum one second step)
ERROR: illegal attempt to update using time 1087986177 when last update time is 1087986177 (minimum one second step)
ERROR: illegal attempt to update using time 1087986177 when last update time is 1087986177 (minimum one second step)
ERROR: illegal attempt to update using time 1087986177 when last update time is 1087986177 (minimum one second step)
ERROR: illegal attempt to update using time 1087986179 when last update time is 1087986179 (minimum one second step)
ERROR: illegal attempt to update using time 1087986181 when last update time is 1087986181 (minimum one second step)
ERROR: illegal attempt to update using time 1087986183 when last update time is 1087986183 (minimum one second step)
ERROR: illegal attempt to update using time 1087986183 when last update time is 1087986183 (minimum one second step)
tinydns-data: fatal: unable to move data.tmp to data.cdb: file does not exist

2

Unless you’re getting this type of error every 5 minutes, or even many times per day, there is no need to worry. If it’s happening every five minutes, your server’s clock may be out of whack.

Paul

3

Alright, excellent news. I’m not getting anywhere near that many so I’ll just disregard them for now. Emails like this are why I leave my debian boxes on critical notification only :smiley:

4

I am getting a similar one, only its coming once every 10 minutes or so. Below is the exact email:

From: Cron Daemon <root@s1.client.com>
Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2005 21:42:10 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Cron <iworx@s1> cd /home/interworx/cron ; ./iworx.pex --fively
To: root@s1.client.com

ERROR: illegal attempt to update using time 1107733030 when last
update time is 1107754312 (minimum one second step)
ERROR: illegal attempt to update using time 1107733031 when last
update time is 1107754312 (minimum one second step)
ERROR: illegal attempt to update using time 1107733035 when last
update time is 1107754317 (minimum one second step)
ERROR: illegal attempt to update using time 1107733044 when last
update time is 1107754318 (minimum one second step)
ERROR: illegal attempt to update using time 1107733044 when last
update time is 1107754320 (minimum one second step)
ERROR: illegal attempt to update using time 1107733059 when last
update time is 1107754321 (minimum one second step)
ERROR: illegal attempt to update using time 1107733067 when last
update time is 1107754336 (minimum one second step)
ERROR: illegal attempt to update using time 1107733067 when last
update time is 1107754336 (minimum one second step)
ERROR: illegal attempt to update using time 1107733077 when last
update time is 1107754342 (minimum one second step)
ERROR: illegal attempt to update using time 1107733078 when last
update time is 1107754345 (minimum one second step)
ERROR: illegal attempt to update using time 1107733080 when last
update time is 1107754345 (minimum one second step)
ERROR: illegal attempt to update using time 1107733083 when last
update time is 1107754347 (minimum one second step)
ERROR: illegal attempt to update using time 1107733221 when last
update time is 1107754053 (minimum one second step)
ERROR: illegal attempt to update using time 1107733221 when last
update time is 1107754053 (minimum one second step)
ERROR: illegal attempt to update using time 1107733222 when last
update time is 1107754055 (minimum one second step)
ERROR: illegal attempt to update using time 1107733223 when last
update time is 1107754056 (minimum one second step)
ERROR: illegal attempt to update using time 1107733223 when last
update time is 1107754056 (minimum one second step)
ERROR: illegal attempt to update using time 1107733224 when last
update time is 1107754059 (minimum one second step)
ERROR: illegal attempt to update using time 1107733234 when last
update time is 1107754079 (minimum one second step)
ERROR: illegal attempt to update using time 1107733238 when last
update time is 1107754083 (minimum one second step)
ERROR: illegal attempt to update using time 1107733239 when last
update time is 1107754085 (minimum one second step)
ERROR: illegal attempt to update using time 1107733240 when last
update time is 1107754087 (minimum one second step)
ERROR: illegal attempt to update using time 1107733240 when last
update time is 1107754087 (minimum one second step)
ERROR: illegal attempt to update using time 1107733241 when last
update time is 1107754089 (minimum one second step)
ERROR: illegal attempt to update using time 1107733246 when last
update time is 1107754116 (minimum one second step)
ERROR: illegal attempt to update using time 1107733251 when last
update time is 1107754123 (minimum one second step)
ERROR: illegal attempt to update using time 1107733253 when last
update time is 1107754125 (minimum one second step)

Is this bad or not, and is there any way to stop it because it is annoyng.