From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 20 01:24:08 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D565116A418 for ; Thu, 20 Sep 2007 01:24:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bv@bilver.wjv.com) Received: from wjv.com (fl-65-40-24-38.sta.embarqhsd.net [65.40.24.38]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6580213C4A3 for ; Thu, 20 Sep 2007 01:24:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bv@bilver.wjv.com) Received: from bilver.wjv.com (localhost.wjv.com [127.0.0.1]) by wjv.com (8.14.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l8K1O14V024488 for ; Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:24:01 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from bv@bilver.wjv.com) Received: (from bv@localhost) by bilver.wjv.com (8.14.1/8.13.1/Submit) id l8K1Nu3c024487 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:23:56 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from bv) Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:23:56 -0400 From: Bill Vermillion To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20070920012356.GA24435@wjv.com> References: <20070919214641.671EE16A4A5@hub.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070919214641.671EE16A4A5@hub.freebsd.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Organization: W.J.Vermillion / Orlando - Winter Park ReplyTo: bv@wjv.com Subject: Re: cron not working till 28/08/07 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: bv@wjv.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 01:24:08 -0000 On Wed, Sep 19, 2007 at 21:46 , after knocking over a stack of dishes on the heat sink freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org wondered out loud about: > Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 12:36:07 -0000 (GMT) > From: "DSA - JCR" > Subject: Cron not working till 28/08/07 > Hi all !! > I had several crontab jobs in order to make backups. > All worked fine till the 28-Aug-2007 when it seems to be stopped > for some reason, I don't know why. > I had a reporting in my mail box (external) also with daily, > weekly and monthly reports, but suddenly all stopped (I don't > receive nothing in my email). > Can you help me? I had the same problem. It was after I did an upgrade. I found that /etc/crontab had gotten copied somehow to /var/cron/tabs/root. I did get errors of 'root not found'. [or similar]. Check to see if that hasn't happened to you. By any chance had you performed a 'crontab -e' and screwed things up and deleted the cron. /etc/crontab runs the daily scripts you should be getting. Having that also in /var/cron/tabs made my daily messages go away. Bill -- Bill Vermillion - bv @ wjv . com