On Wed, 21 Sep 2005 20:15:35 -0400 Dave Nebinger wrote: > >> I have a script in /etc/cron.daily that never runs. It works properly > >> when run manually and it's been in there for weeks (and a reboot or two). > >> > >> I'm using vixie-cron. > > > > cron.daily doesn't get run from cron. gets run out of anacron....do you > > have anacron installed? > > Sorry, John, that's not quite right. Vixie cron should handle the > /etc/cron.* directories automatically. > > Fcron, what I'm using, does not and requires additions to root's crontab to > get them to work. > > To the OP, is a) vixie cron actually running, b) the scripts in the > directories have the execution permissions, and c) any output in the log > files indicating why vixie cron might not be executing them?
Also, check that the environment in the cron script is correct. It does not execute with the environment that you sit down at a terminal with, in particular $PATH. The easiest way is to use the complete path to executables in the file, like /bin/mail instead of mail > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
