On Sat, 2 Oct 2004, David wrote:
> Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2004 23:25:13 -0400 (EDT) > From: David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Cron won't run > Resent-Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2004 22:26:03 -0500 (CDT) > Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > All, > > I have been unable to figure out why cron won't work. The system is debian testing > with just regular cron on it. I can stop and restart the cron process just fine, > but it never runs. I can manually run-parts /etc/cron.daily and it completes just > fine in a few minutes. But every morning I find that I have to run it manually > because cron didn't run the daily stuff. > > This seems like a really basic simple thing, but I can't figure out what to do to > fix this problem. Any help will be GREATLY appreciated! > > Thanks, > David Check your /etc/crontab file it may have wrong sytax which you can check from your system log. I am pasting some lines from my crontab in the hope that it helps you # /etc/crontab: system-wide crontab # Unlike any other crontab you don't have to run the crontab' # command to install the new version when you edit this file. # This file also has a username field, that none of the other crontabs do. SHELL= /bin/bash PATH= /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin #run-patrs #minute hour dayofmonth month dayofweek # m h dom mon dow user command 17 * * * * root run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly #25 6 * * * root test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily 25 3 * * * root nice -n 19 run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily #47 6 * * 7 root test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || run-parts --report /etc/cron.weekly 47 6 * * 7 root nice -n 19 run-parts --report /etc/cron.weekly #52 6 1 * * root test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || run-parts --report /etc/cron.monthly 52 6 1 * * root nice -n 19 run-partsrun-parts --report /etc/cron.monthly # > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
