[mrtg] Re: Lockfile problem

[Alex van den Bogaerdt]

Jan Rockstedt wrote:

> I am running the mrtg every 5 min.
> */5 * * * * mrtg /etc/mrtg/mrtg.cfg --logging /var/log/mrtg.log
> 
> Every 15 min. i get mail about a lockfile. "see below"

[edited: output from mail]
> Wed Jul 18 16:00
> Wed Jul 18 16:15
> Wed Jul 18 16:25
> Wed Jul 18 16:40
> Wed Jul 18 16:50
> Wed Jul 18 17:00
> Wed Jul 18 17:15
> Wed Jul 18 17:35
> Wed Jul 18 17:45

These times are *not* every 15 minutes.

It seems you start MRTG twice.  Check the crontab file for root
and the system crontab (/etc/crontab).

HTH,
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