From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Oct 24 13:18:36 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 80475E4C950 for ; Tue, 24 Oct 2017 13:18:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from mail-it0-x235.google.com (mail-it0-x235.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c0b::235]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 52B5B82FBA for ; Tue, 24 Oct 2017 13:18:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: by mail-it0-x235.google.com with SMTP id c3so9944987itc.3 for ; Tue, 24 Oct 2017 06:18:36 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=IYQ9wYZyjPA+DpWXFn8goyBUxXn6tVTsXpdIQZTYNCI=; b=WXz9R2M36c6jbrDUXotcvBDaypB6oegSmqfuPUzyIRn0Jb9lP9d3aEbQKxIjw6yNLv 6HclELTC20N7voHPR1YbZbfQ9lRo/o2l9GhdZEfhK9I6z4gPaiRwkOVR+fH5jt9CtyEE TbHsBQVVVPiPtviG/4YHF2BssG1dJa0lojzFRITkWzwqXo1WdB1zqDm7Uphz4XnbzGVe HC/lRmaq/MZ5Hz78Qvd5TYCHf0Xkd72h+twfzgs8XlN87sTzTgpFgW8ikgUzrPZguV72 jxU38yGQscdWiXt0+TDOfprRUxIVQyWITWWLsIWf7NrjrEZJevOPdA8iHM8+NVd/US2q r5Wg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=IYQ9wYZyjPA+DpWXFn8goyBUxXn6tVTsXpdIQZTYNCI=; b=BdllGp8PtJewvZaxd8TbZOsSSjHNpKhr29R1nfr89K4f/hIWSm2J26J9chBTNqdBz+ hm12dzjkHsmySAtXFBUU2qYFKg6t8jaiYr4oyEa04mrM2qTM42CnYpn77HJcWcECMPjv uzY2IghdUBYZr0tHuL3tKo8Ur6+Q7AEcqKW96OMugzqc6cS54BI8EYdSSulCMMKlyHWy NaNU44OFHkPlq6GBw0pDJFe42GXD4EpkefGNJKZb+EKI2BPpXdy0teWSu/xJRVlZttFx FUmWo8xLfFqgC8guUNDUbKzm5l50YX6iDgg/+y1UoebUQaIBo+HK4WoZoI4mPylxF/IV m79w== X-Gm-Message-State: AMCzsaVY2F7bwsAm5fC1xNKWjI8dIHCgL+9iPrur+bERETaphk4cq23q /a631YtwxQEnLDFpjUlA1y0S5VuAKMxJuvNU+WtGtg== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABhQp+SBX0LpUv0kQMiHMJiLHZ7P8oVDLt1zh4NS6gbVP8EMzczdHEKstYJOPYR+lEmNBt2X/vvmaLhmvinwNJGHGNc= X-Received: by 10.36.36.9 with SMTP id f9mr12941545ita.11.1508851115615; Tue, 24 Oct 2017 06:18:35 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.2.176.201 with HTTP; Tue, 24 Oct 2017 06:18:35 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4E78133D6588A3580F02D8D1@Pauls-MacBook-Pro.local> References: <99E0408A95C01319659D7EFF@Pauls-MacBook-Pro.local> <4E78133D6588A3580F02D8D1@Pauls-MacBook-Pro.local> From: Adam Vande More Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2017 08:18:35 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Strange periodic problem To: Paul Schmehl Cc: FreeBSD Questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.23 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2017 13:18:36 -0000 On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 12:10 AM, Paul Schmehl wrote: > No. But that was a really good question, because now that I look at it > *none* of the periodic scripts are running. Strange. > # /etc/rc.d/cron restart # /etc/rc.d/cron status Ensure it is running. Most likely it would log something to /var/log/messages about the attempt. Another option is to start cron in the foreground and examine it's output. -- Adam