Re: [PLUG] crontab won't work

[Edmond Rodriguez <erodrig_97@yahoo.com>]

Why is the word "root" in there? 




----- 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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