On Tue, 4 Mar 1997, Solomani wrote: > Date: Tue, 4 Mar 1997 12:05:44 +1100 (EST) > From: Solomani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Debian User List <debian-user@lists.debian.org> > Cc: Steve Greenland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: why? whats wrong with cron? > > > Can someone tell me why on one particular box cron wont run? > > I have three other identically setup Debian box and the cron on them runs > fine, but this one it doesnt. why? > > Its Version: 3.0pl1-36 and its been inactive since the machine was first > setup (a month or so ago). Im at the end of my wits and the only thing i > can think to do is reinstall from scratch, which i dont want to do because > this machine is our primary radius server and user host. >
Check that you actually start cron at boot time. My system did not do that when I installed it the first time. Check for files in /etc/rc2.d/*cron* (or whatever run level your system comes up in) If it in NOT there then create the links as follows: cd /etc/init.d update-rc.d cron defaults 89 You can then start cron either by rebooting or manually (just this once) with ./cron start Hope this helps, Bernt. --------------------------------------------------------------- Bernt T. Hansen NORANG Consulting Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Computer Systems 235 Bellamy Road North phone: (416)431-6216 Analyst Scarborough, Ontario fax: (416)431-2617 CANADA M1J-2L7