Why don't you write to a logfile then any errors that might be occurring can be looked for
ie. 15 19 * * * root /etc/init.d/mysql stop >/var/log/mysql-stop.log 2>&1 2>&1 tells it to send errors, as well as messages, to the logfile (in case you're not familiar with that syntax)... Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
