Are you getting emails from the other cron scripts? Is cron running in MCC? If you can run the scripts from the command line then the permissions are okay.
-----Original Message----- From: Jason G. Crowder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 2:57 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] Crontab on MD 9.2 The scripts can be executed by root and run fine with root. Do they need to be permissible by anything else? I am not at home at the moment but I can post the exact permissions on those scripts later. -----Original Message----- From: Tony S. Sykes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 7:10 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] Crontab on MD 9.2 Have your scripts got the correct permissions? -----Original Message----- From: Jason Crowder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 1:48 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Crontab on MD 9.2 OK. I found another problem with Mandrake 9.2 that I can solve. My crontab doesn't run. Below is what my /etc/crontab file looks like. I have backup routines that are supposed to kick off and create tar balls of my files. But nothing happens. I don't get any emails from Cron saying that ran. Any ideas why Cron isn't running? /etc/crontab: SHELL=/bin/bash PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin MAILTO=root HOME=/ # run-parts 01 * * * * root nice -n 19 run-parts /etc/cron.hourly 02 4 * * * root nice -n 19 run-parts /etc/cron.daily 22 4 * * 0 root nice -n 19 run-parts /etc/cron.weekly 42 4 1 * * root nice -n 19 run-parts /etc/cron.monthly 00 3 * * * /root/vscan 00 5 * * * /home/laptop/laptop.backup 00 6 * * 0 /home/laptop/sunday.backups 00 2 * * * /root/updates 00 1 * * * /usr/local/f-prot/tools/check-updates.pl 00 7 1 * * /home/laptop/monthly.backups -+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Business Computer Projects - Disclaimer -+-+-+-+-+-+-+- This message, and any associated attachment is confidential. If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system, do not use or disclose the information in any way, and notify either Tony S. Sykes or the postmaster <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> immediately. The contents of this message may contain personal views which are not necessarily the views of Business Computer Projects Ltd., unless specifically stated. Whilst every effort has been made to ensure that emails and their attachments are virus free, it is the responsibility of the recipient(s) to verify the integrity of such emails. Business Computer Projects Ltd BCP House 151 Charles Street Stockport Cheshire SK1 3JY Tel: +44 (0)161 355-3000 Fax: +44 (0)161 355-3001 Web: http://www.bcpsoftware.com <http://www.bcpsoftware.com/> -+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Business Computer Projects - Disclaimer -+-+-+-+-+-+-+- This message, and any associated attachment is confidential. If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system, do not use or disclose the information in any way, and notify either Tony S. Sykes or the postmaster <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> immediately. The contents of this message may contain personal views which are not necessarily the views of Business Computer Projects Ltd., unless specifically stated. Whilst every effort has been made to ensure that emails and their attachments are virus free, it is the responsibility of the recipient(s) to verify the integrity of such emails. Business Computer Projects Ltd BCP House 151 Charles Street Stockport Cheshire SK1 3JY Tel: +44 (0)161 355-3000 Fax: +44 (0)161 355-3001 Web: http://www.bcpsoftware.com <http://www.bcpsoftware.com/>
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