The ORPHAN (no passwd entry) log alerts are observed on QFX switches running EVO software under following conditions

- when a file in /var/spool/cron directory doesn't match to a username and UID

- If the switch software doesn't have the fix of PR1527266

These alerts possess minor severity and no functional impact, so they can be safely ignored

If the alerts need to be stopped, the following workaround or the fix shall be followed

workaround:

> start shell user root

Password:

re0:~# rm -rf /var/spool/cron/atjobs

re0:~# rm -rf /var/spool/cron/atspool

re0:~# rm -rf /var/spool/cron/crontabs

(The same process to be followed on backup RE if applicable)

fix:

evo:20.4R2-EVO evo:21.1R2-EVO evo:21.2R1-EVO evo:21.3R1-EVO junos:20.1R3-S1 junos:20.2R3-S2 junos:20.3R3 junos:20.4R3 junos:21.1R2 junos:21.2R1 junos:21.3R1