Why am i getting execute binary file error?

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Hi all i am getting following email every 10 min. as I own the VPS. I am not expert in linux and am learning to manage linux servers. Please help me why am i getting these emails and how to stop them or how to fix the issue i am running CentOS 6 on 123-reg VPS

Subject: Cron <root@vpsXXXXXXXX> /usr/lib64/sa/sa1 1 1
/usr/lib64/sa/sa1: line 11: /bin/date: cannot execute binary file
/usr/lib64/sa/sa1: line 13: /bin/date: cannot execute binary file

and below email every 1 hour

Subject: Cron <root@vpsXXXXXXXX> run-parts /etc/cron.hourly
/etc/cron.hourly/0anacron:

/etc/cron.hourly/0anacron: line 6: /bin/date: cannot execute binary file
/etc/cron.hourly/0anacron: line 6: [: =: unary operator expected

Please don't cross post the SE sites: http://superuser.com/questions/891054/why-am-i-getting-execute-binary-file-error — jscott, Mar 18 '15 at 14:34

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 18 '15 at 14:22

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It seems that the /bin/date command is not available in your VPS. You can check with the following command:

 ls -l /bin/date

answered Mar 18 '15 at 14:22

hdanniel

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it gives me -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 41365188 Mar 17 16:29 /bin/date – Keyur Padalia Mar 18 '15 at 14:24
40 MB!, that's weird. Since when are you receiving these errors? . Please check your logs to see if there is suspicious activity on your server. – hdanniel Mar 18 '15 at 14:33

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 18 '15 at 14:34

/bin/date: cannot execute binary file

/bin/date is either corrupted or not compatible for your OS

/etc/cron.hourly/0anacron: line 6: [: =: unary operator expected

0anacron script is relaying on date and that's why it's erroring out (due to your corrupted or incompatible binary)

I'd recommend you to re-install your OS.

Why am i getting execute binary file error?

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