Public bug reported: Binary package hint: cron
cron is working perfectly for a regular user, but anything I add to root's crontab doesn't get run. I tried the forum first, and most of this information is there as well: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=2591332 I tripple checked that the last character in root's crontab is a line break. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp# dpkg-query -l|grep cron ii cron 3.0pl1-100ubuntu1 management of regular background processing [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp# uname -a Linux svn 2.6.20-15-server #2 SMP Sun Apr 15 07:41:34 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp$ crontab -l # m h dom mon dow command * * * * * /bin/echo "Hello World, I'm working" >> /tmp/cronlog.harris.txt [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp$ sudo -s [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp# crontab -l # m h dom mon dow command * * * * * /bin/echo "Hello World, I'm working" >> /tmp/cronlog.txt [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp# ll total 28 -rw-r--r-- 1 harris domain users 25 2007-05-02 15:06 cronlog.harris.txt drwx------ 2 root root 16384 2007-04-20 06:59 lost+found -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1322 2007-05-02 11:49 svn_backup.erout -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2007-05-01 16:23 svn_backup.stout drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2007-05-01 09:18 vmware-config0 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp# ll total 28 -rw-r--r-- 1 harris domain users 50 2007-05-02 15:07 cronlog.harris.txt drwx------ 2 root root 16384 2007-04-20 06:59 lost+found -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1322 2007-05-02 11:49 svn_backup.erout -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2007-05-01 16:23 svn_backup.stout drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2007-05-01 09:18 vmware-config0 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp# cat cronlog.harris.txt Hello World, I'm working Hello World, I'm working Hello World, I'm working /etc/cron.allow and /etc/cron.deny don't exist. I uncommented the line in syslog.conf to log cron to its own file but left the other reference to cron in the messages section. /etc/syslog.conf (abreviated w/ only cron related info): Code: cron.* /var/log/cron.log *.=info;*.=notice;*.=warn;\ auth,authpriv.none;\ cron,daemon.none;\ mail,news.none -/var/log/messages /var/log/messages doesn't show anything related to cron, at least since the last time it rolled over. /var/log/cron.log shows the user tasks running, and it shows when root edits crontab, but it doesnt show root's tasks running, nor does it show any cron related errors. Here is a sample of cron.log: May 4 08:49:01 svn /USR/SBIN/CRON[601]: (drosenbloom) CMD ('/usr/bin/mail -s test [EMAIL PROTECTED] < ""') May 4 08:50:01 svn /USR/SBIN/CRON[607]: (drosenbloom) CMD ('/usr/bin/mail -s test [EMAIL PROTECTED] < ""') May 4 08:51:01 svn /USR/SBIN/CRON[643]: (drosenbloom) CMD ('/usr/bin/mail -s test [EMAIL PROTECTED] < ""') May 4 08:51:58 svn crontab[692]: (drosenbloom) BEGIN EDIT (drosenbloom) May 4 08:52:01 svn /USR/SBIN/CRON[697]: (drosenbloom) CMD ('/usr/bin/mail -s test [EMAIL PROTECTED] < ""') May 4 08:52:12 svn crontab[692]: (drosenbloom) REPLACE (drosenbloom) May 4 08:52:12 svn crontab[692]: (drosenbloom) END EDIT (drosenbloom) May 4 08:53:01 svn /usr/sbin/cron[10224]: (drosenbloom) RELOAD (crontabs/drosenbloom) May 4 09:03:48 svn crontab[756]: (root) BEGIN EDIT (root) May 4 09:03:58 svn crontab[756]: (root) END EDIT (root) May 4 09:03:59 svn crontab[761]: (root) BEGIN EDIT (root) May 4 09:04:06 svn crontab[761]: (root) REPLACE (root) May 4 09:04:06 svn crontab[761]: (root) END EDIT (root) May 4 09:05:01 svn /usr/sbin/cron[10224]: (root) RELOAD (crontabs/root) ** Affects: cron (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed -- root's crontab not running https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/112355 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
