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Re: [PLUG] crontab won't work
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Is this root's cron?
Allegedly, some cron programs allow a username for the process to be run as.
I've never seen it work but it still appears in some documentation.
Suggest you remove it and try again.
Eric
On 07/05/2010 01:25 PM, Edmond Rodriguez wrote:
> Why is the word "root" in there?
>
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> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: Casey Bralla <MailList@nerdworld.org>
>> To: PLUG Philadelphia Linux Users Group <PLUG@lists.phillylinux.org>
>> Sent: Mon, July 5, 2010 12:46:00 PM
>> Subject: [PLUG] crontab won't work
>>
>> I installed Debian stable on an old system I had lying around to be used as an
>>
> rsync backup server.
>
> My backup routine is called as a cron job fron
>> /etc/crontab. Oddly, none of
> the things I've entered into crontab
>> execute. I can execute the scripts fine
> outside of crontab, but
>> nothing seems to work from within it.
>
> For example, I added this line to
>> test if it was working:
>
> 26 12 * * * root mkdir
>> /test1
>
> This should have created a new directory at 12:26 PM. it
>> didn't.
>
> Checking syslog, I see this weird message:
>
> Jul 5
>> 12:17:03 Backup /USR/SBIN/CRON[7125]: (root) CMD ( cd / &&
>> run-parts
> --report /etc/cron.hourly)
> Jul 5 12:24:01 Backup
>> /usr/sbin/cron[3363]: (*system*) RELOAD (/etc/crontab)
> Jul 5 12:25:01
>> Backup /usr/sbin/cron[3363]: (*system*) RELOAD (/etc/crontab)
> Jul 5
>> 12:26:01 Backup /usr/sbin/cron[3363]: (*system*) RELOAD
>> (/etc/crontab)
>
>
>
>
> Anybody have any ideas what this
>> means?
>
>
>
>
> BTW, here is my complete /etc/crontab
>
> #
>> /etc/crontab: system-wide crontab
> # Unlike any other crontab you don't have
>> to run the `crontab'
> # command to install the new version when you edit this
>> file
> # and files in /etc/cron.d. These files also have username fields,
> #
>> that none of the other crontabs
>> do.
>
> SHELL=/bin/sh
> PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
>
> #
>> m h dom mon dow user command
> 17 * * * * root
>> cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly
> 25 6
>> * * * root test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / &&
>> run-parts --
> report /etc/cron.daily )
> 47 6 * * 7
>> root test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts
>> --
> report /etc/cron.weekly )
> 52 6 1 * * root
>> test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --
> report
>> /etc/cron.monthly )
> #
>
>
>
> # Run the backup routine every night at
>> 12:01 AM
> 01 00 * * * root
>> /etc/rsync/BackupDisks.py
>
>
>
>
> 26 12 * * * root
>> mkdir /test1
>
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- --
# Eric Lucas
#
# "Oh, I have slipped the surly bond of earth
# And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings...
# -- John Gillespie Magee Jr
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