Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 11:20:58 -0700 From: Andy Clements <awc@candhsoftware.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: cron not running job Message-ID: <41BF2F0A.6020203@candhsoftware.com>
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Hello All, I'm having problems getting my freshly update FreeBSD 5.3 system to run my cron jobs. Logged in as root, I enter the job in root's crontab with the following command crontab -e I enter the job in the following format: 05 10 * * * /root/cronjobs/cvs-sup.sh The script has the following permissions: -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 255 Dec 13 10:39 cvs-sup.sh I can run the script as root with no errors. I look in the /var/log/cron log and I don't see any attempt by cron to run the job. There is no error either. There are entries for the edit of the crontab: Dec 14 10:03:36 bukowski crontab[632]: (root) BEGIN EDIT (root) Dec 14 10:03:45 bukowski crontab[632]: (root) REPLACE (root) Dec 14 10:03:45 bukowski crontab[632]: (root) END EDIT (root) Dec 14 11:04:00 bukowski /usr/sbin/cron[405]: (root) RELOAD (tabs/root) But nothing else. So, I'm at a lost. I have the understanding that cron should immediately recognize any changes to the file, but it doesn't seem to be working. I even re-booted in desperation. Did I forget some small tid-bit that needs to change for this to work? I've checked the Handbook, the FAQ, Google and the mailing list, but I haven't seen any solutions. Please CC me with your answer as I am not on the mailing list. Thanks in advance, Andy Clements
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