Norton Util beta and a funny e-mail from cron

[holmBrew]

I installed Norton Utilities beta then unistalled it not long after but I get this funky e-mail to me@localhost that snedmail picks up and I find in /var/mail/myUsername.

it looks like this:

Message 1:
From holmBrew Fri Feb 1 12:01:01 2002
Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 12:01:01 -0700 (MST)
From: holmBrew (Cron Daemon)
To: holmBrew
Subject: Cron <holmBrew@localhost> "/Library/Application Support/Norton Solutions Support/Scheduler/schedLauncher" 0 "/Library/Application Support/Norton Solutions Support/Norton Utilities/Norton Volume Assist" " " "oapp" "aevt"
X-Cron-Env: <SHELL=/bin/sh>
X-Cron-Env: <HOME=/Users/holmBrew>
X-Cron-Env: <PATH=/usr/bin:/bin>
X-Cron-Env: <LOGNAME=holmBrew>
X-Cron-Env: <USER=holmBrew>

zsh: no such file or directory: /Library/Application Support/Norton Solutions Support/Scheduler/schedLauncher


there is not an entry in /etc/crontab for this...where is it coming from?

also, /Library/Application Support/Norton Solutions Support does not exist.

 

[blb]

Your or root's personal crontab perhaps?

$ crontab -l

$ sudo crontab -l

It's not from /etc/[daily|weekly|monthly] since those kick off at times other than 12:01 (unless you've changed it in /etc/crontab).

 

[holmBrew]

cool blb. it's there and looks loke this:

#SqzS VERSION = 1.0.0
#SYMANTEC SCHEDULER CRON ENTRIES. THESE ENTRIES ARE AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED
#PLEASE DO NOT EDIT.
# Enc=1 Name="FileSaver Daily Update" EvType1=3 EvType2=0 Sched=3
0 12 * * * "/Library/Application Support/Norton Solutions Support/Scheduler/schedLauncher" 0 "/Library/Application Support/Norton Solutions Support/Norton Utilities/Norton Volume Assist" " " "oapp" "aevt"
#SqzS END SYMANTEC CRON ENTRIES

how do i get rid of it?

 

[blb]

If it's the only entry in that crontab, then crontab -r removes the whole thing; if, however, there's other entries, crontab -e will bring the entire table in vi, and you can edit there.

 

[serpicolugnut]

Installed the beta, and less than 24 hours later, I find that some of my fonts are corrupted and no longer seen by Suitcase 10.1 under X. Then, Classic won't start because it's telling me I don't have sufficient privileges.

So I removed the NUM OS X beta, load up Norton Systemworks 1.0, run DD and SD. Reboot. Now my system will not boot OS X. Only 9. Tried everything - zapped the PRAM, ran fsck -y. No dice...

Luckily, I had a second HD in my Mac that was used as my temp storage space for DV. After a reinstall of the Systems, applied all the updates and copied all my files over (thankfully no data was lost, although the HD appears to be compromised), I had wasted about 3 hours.

The moral of story? Using a beta hard disk utility is the equivilent of having brain/heart surgery with a med student who has completed 80-90% of their education... It might come out OK, but you are probably better off waiting for a qualifed, experienced, tested utility (doctor)...

Also - always have a backup.