bug in fortune-mod-on-login or /etc/profile or logrotate

[Grzegorz Konopko]

Dnia wtorek, 17 maja 2005 21:45, Elan Ruusamäe napisał:
> i get daily fortunes from logrotate cron.
> i really don't think the fortunes should be outputed on cronjobs (the 
package 
> description doesn't say so ;P)
> 
> these get executed because:
> 1. /etc/profile is called somehow from logrotate postscripts
> 2. /etc/profile.d/fortune-mod.sh is called from /etc/profile
> 
> so should the /etc/profile.d/*.sh called only on interactive shells?
> somehow prevent logrotate post scripts calling /etc/profile?
> 
> are there (/etc/profile.d) any scripts which should be called for cron 
> scripts? i have all them useful only for user terminals.
> 
> btw, it *might* have something to do with the fact that root shell 
> is /bin/bash not /bin/sh

Some time ago when I started find bug, cron stops mail me fortunes :)