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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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