THANK YOU !!!!!!!! Your guess was wrong, but sudo systemctl status cron (which I did not think of before) helped me find the problem. The service WAS running, but the output of that command showed that the owner of /etc/crontab was not root.
A stupid mistake on my part - I copied the file from another computer and did not change the owner. But I would not have found the error without your help, so again - THANK YOU !!!!! On Wed, 7 Feb 2024 11:43:46 -0500 "Mark E. Fuller" <mark.e.ful...@gmail.com> wrote: > If I had to hazard a guess, it has something to do with systemd (the > usual suspect) > > What does `|sudo systemctl status cron` return? > > If that shows the service being disabled or stopped, you'll of course > need to run `||sudo systemctl enable cron` to get it going at every > boot and |`|sudo systemctl start cron||` to start it immediately > > |On 07-Feb-24 11:23, Shlomo Solomon wrote: > > 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 tolinux-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
