No - that did not change anything and, in any case, as I wrote, that exact line (including root) works on another Kubuntu 22.04 machine.
It also worked on Kubuntu 20.04 before I did a new install of 22.04 On Wed, 7 Feb 2024 17:41:05 +0200 אורי <u...@speedy.net> wrote: > Try to remove the word "root" > אורי > u...@speedy.net > > > On Wed, Feb 7, 2024 at 5:18 PM Shlomo Solomon > <shlomo.solo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Sorry if this is a bit long, but I wanted to give as much > > information as I could and hope someone can help. > > > > > > On a new installation of Kubuntu 22.04, cron jobs are not running > > and this is driving me crazy. > > > > The cron daemon is running > > > > shoshana@shoshana:~/Desktop$ pgrep cron > > 827 > > > > I thought there might be a problem with a specific job so I created > > the following simple script (which DOES work). > > > > shoshana@shoshana:~/Desktop$ cat tstrun > > #!/usr/bin/sh > > cd /home/shoshana/Desktop > > echo "aaaa" >> tst.txt > > > > If I do: cd /home/shoshana/Desktop > > ./tstrun > > the script works and I see aaaa in tst.txt > > > > I then deleted ALL jobs in crontab and added only the following to > > /etc/crontab > > */1 * * * * root /home/shoshana/Desktop/tstrun > > > > Nothing happens - nothing written in tst.txt > > > > I tried: > > sudo grep CRON /var/log/syslog and got no output > > > > I changed the script to: > > #!/usr/bin/sh > > echo "test echo from tstrun" > > cd /home/shoshana/Desktop > > echo "aaaa" >> tst.txt > > > > and changed the crontab line to: > > */1 * * * * root /home/shoshana/Desktop/tstrun >> > > /home/shoshana/Desktop/tstrun-log.txt > > > > still no output in tst.txt and also no output in > > /home/shoshana/Desktop/tstrun-log.txt > > > > And as expected, if I do: > > ./tstrun >> tstrun-log.txt > > I see the expected output in both files > > > > I also tried: > > shoshana@shoshana:~/Desktop$ sudo service cron stop > > shoshana@shoshana:~/Desktop$ sudo service cron start > > shoshana@shoshana:~/Desktop$ pgrep cron > > 3377 > > > > AND > > shoshana@shoshana:~/Desktop$ sudo systemctl stop cron > > shoshana@shoshana:~/Desktop$ sudo systemctl start cron > > shoshana@shoshana:~/Desktop$ pgrep cron > > 3413 > > > > > > But still no change. > > > > And just to be clear, on a different machine (also Kubuntu 22.04) > > all the above DOES work - output to both files and if I do: > > sudo grep CRON /var/log/syslog I get: > > Feb 7 17:13:01 solomon-laptop CRON[16619]: (root) CMD > > (/home/solomon/Desktop/tstrun) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Shlomo Solomon > > http://the-solomons.net > > Claws Mail 3.17.5 - KDE Plasma 5.18.5 - Kubuntu 20.04 > > _______________________________________________ > > Linux-il mailing list -- linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il > > To unsubscribe send an email to linux-il-le...@cs.huji.ac.il > > -- Shlomo Solomon http://the-solomons.net Claws Mail 3.17.5 - KDE Plasma 5.18.5 - Kubuntu 20.04 _______________________________________________ Linux-il mailing list -- linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il To unsubscribe send an email to linux-il-le...@cs.huji.ac.il
